I know that.’ Linaross grew silent, wondering what he was really thinking. Because every time she had done magic in the past few weeks, he had grown... dark, almost angry. So she had cut down on her magic use, which had seemed to pacify him, bringing him back to the Topain she loved so much. ‘Yes, that is true. People will begin to believe that you aren’t a regular person,’ Topain said. ‘What do you mean, not a regular person. Of course I am. I just know how to use my magic. Marikay said everyone. “Beyond this, it could be only pleasure.”She gave a tentative nod to the driver, even though she had travelled the high road many times, she told him, “Sounds appealing, Doug. Especially in such a rich taxi.”Doug nodded, “The boss thought it best to go for top of the range. Attract the high rollers. Are you a high roller?” With a seductive grin, he turned back to the driving wheel, restarted the cab, before calling back, “And you’ve noticed my name. Very friendly, but I don’t know yours.”Her. Damn it I hated them all!When I was ten my father took pity on me. We had a big ole Cotton woodtree in the back yard and he decided to build me a treehouse. It wasone of my fondest memories growing up. I helped him build it and weworked together over several weekends building it.We weren't a rich or even well to do family, Dad was a manager atO'Leary's hardware store so I guess we were blue collar?Anyway, when we finally finished it he laid down the law to mysisters. The treehouse was my. The plane was floating but Ron knew that it would not float for long. Ron checked on Brenda and Carl. Carl was leaning forward in his belt and was not moving. Brenda had been dazed but had started to come around. Ron pushed Carl into a sitting position and saw that he was dead. He had probably been dead when the plane hit."My God," Brenda screamed, "They're dead."Ron unbuckled himself and crawled over the top of the seats and got the raft. He kicked the rest of the windshield out and stuck his.