Cassie bolted up in her chair and stared, wide-eyed in shock. Robert's eyes darted between his wife and Ned."Uh..." Ned said. "Was ... was that bad?"D...orothy opened her mouth and closed it again, her face livid. She glared at Cassie."I didn't even remember it was there!" Cassie blurted just as her mother looked about to explode.Robert's eyebrows rose. "Didn't remember? Why, I thought that was one of your most beloved toys." Robert!" Dorothy hissed.Robert turned to her and frowned. "Dorothy, calm. The stem cells are injected via the cannula, and the transformationprocess begins. It takes about 3 weeks to complete.The neutral body is fed and changed with the new characteristics fromthe stem cells; excess fats and tissues are absorbed by the solution aspart of the process and feed for nutrients.At the end of the process, the bag is opened, and the new baby isdelivered. A perfectly formed newborn baby with the genes of the donorparents, just as though it were their own child. Newborns are. "The boy opened a heavy wooden door which lead to the underground chambers. Adrienne recognized the door, for Lars had told her it lead to Master Steffan's laboratory and was never to be opened.Steffan pointed the way as the guests filed down the narrow, poorly lit stairs. The boy stayed behind to take Adrienne's hand firmly in his as he lead her down into a cavernous room in the middle of which was a large square shape covered by a tarp.The one hand still firmly grasped Adrienne's hand while. Not wanting to be impolite, Mia turned quickly and smiled as she half yelled it back. ******************** She jogged the few paces to where Reece was parked, before opening the car door and falling into the passenger seat. ‘That was 10, not 5’ he said, looking at the girl who just entered his car. Mia shrugged and pulled out her phone to silence a call. He looked at her. Her dark hair in waves around her shoulders. Her bright eyes and long lashes still staring into her phone. Her Colgate.