She still wasn't sure how much she could say about her jobwithout violating her oath; she needed to figure that out. Hopefullypeople would be so dist...racted by the coming-out narrative that theywouldn't notice how vague she was about the actual job, the interviewprocess, and so forth.-----Part 19by Scott Jamison-----The extra training had turned out to be practical instruction on actuallyusing magic for beginners. Alice, who had already known how to usemagic, had tested out by Monday. “Superb! Those shiny things, are they what I think they are?” asked Tom. Zofie smiled and nodded in the affirmative. She didn't just try on shoes, she milked the moment, admiring herself in the mirror, chatting to the assistants and smiling brightly at Tom from time to time, who simply sat and absorbed the whole thing. “I’ll have those,” said Zofie to the girl. “And those.” Tom’s face was glowing when they returned to her car. He dared not ask how much she had just spent on footwear. Zofie gave. .. You felt like dismay.You felt like shock.You felt like sorrow.You felt like pain.I wanted to come down.I wanted to give you a hug.I know how much you like my hugs.I like hugging, too. It feels so nice.I stayed upstairs, though.I tried to figure out what I could do to cheer you up when I went down.I decided to just be me.I saw how much you liked my thong with the ties this morning.I packed plain underwear in the morning, too, by the way. I didn’t know which one I’d wear, but I wanted to have. It had paid for me to keep some memory of Susan’s papers she would work on at home once in a while. Next, I made a few calls to some women who had been in the information the cop friend had gotten me. After a few hours of calls and talk, I had part of what I needed. The rest would come with time. I then began to map out my revenge on Bill Samuels. We met that night at the Laredo as planned. John looked so handsome. My heart was beating wildly when I first saw him standing there waiting for me..