Ifshe likes you and if you are will to become her daughter, shewould be willing to cover all expenses towards completing yourconversion to girlhood." ...Oh, Ms Hood," Melissa exclaimed, "Please do introduce us. I do?want to be areal girl now." "She will also solve another?problem that you have, littleone," Agnes stated. "Oh, what?"?Melissa asked. "A guardian, of course.Being only a 15 year old?girl, you can't possibly be sent into the world onyour own. Also, you do need a last name," Ms Hood. The lure of that kind of power is a drug and it is very difficult to walk away. Jim continued to review his options. As usual, when he had a decision to make these days, he worked on something else and let the problem stew in another part of his brain for a while. He opened the Master PC software again and put Sam’s image on the screen for a bit, typed in some commands, and then did the same for her husband.Picking up the phone he punched in Samantha’s number.“This is Samantha, how may I help. He didn't see a ladder."Just boost yourself up here," D'Anna said.Marcus thought, oh sure, easy for them to say. He rested his arms onthe deck of the raft and began to try to lift himself out of the water,but could only get so far, his arms not strong enough for the chore. Hethen in a crude fashion tried to bring his right leg up to boosthimself."Here let us help you," said Dawn. And both grabbed his arms and pulledhim up."There you are," D'Anna said, wrapping her arms around him andmassaging. Promise.’ The hell-bitch was much calmer with her partner around. She hadn’t thrown a fit yet. She seemed as excited as ever, but wasn’t spooking, and was behaving like a charm for Lance. That’s all that was missing. She was half a team, and she balked at the idea of running alone. Wesley was the foot man. Always had been. Lance had a tendency to drop a leg if he tried. So they’d settled a long time ago who did what. Finally he guided Gunthar into the chute next to the chute the steer would.