With great effort he managed to stumble towards theliving room couch."What the hell," Gary panted as his vision was suddenly obstructed bylong dark ha...ir. With a flick of his head Gary tried to move theobstruction and nearly fell over."Careful hun," Kristy said with mock concern, "Mommy wouldn't want herlittle ballerina hurt." SHUT UP!" Gary yelled as he felt his body begin to change in earnest.Gary was in full panic mode as he felt his face begin to change. Hefelt his lips expand as if he had. Frank set the bags under the heat-lamp and headed back to the flatiron griddle in the kitchen. The smell of seared meat always had patrons calling for a burger of their own.“David?” Wendy said, “Fetch.” She was pretty loud and most of the patrons stopped doing whatever ... just to see what I was going to do. What? Of course I fetched.“Four of your home-brewed root beers, please, Ernie,” I said as I passed by the barkeep. While I was retrieving the sacks, Ernie pulled four frosty mugs from the. Then she quickly stuck the phone under the pillow as she heard loud footsteps of men who were making no attempt at stealth as they ransacked the house searching for her bedroom. If she’d been clothed, she might have jumped out through the window, instead she dashed for the closet for the first clothes that came to hand—a mistake she would live to regret. She was trying to calm down enough to put her feet into her jeans when the door to her bedroom burst open with a bang and three men stalked. I learned more about the two new women. It turned out that Meghan was the mother of Tom, Jeremy's friend. She was also a Chartered Accountant which I had never heard of, but wikipedia was my friend. She could be the CFO of a company, but instead was focused on helping a large international conglomerate keep it's global finances under control. She was a fountain of useful information. Laurie, the other new woman owned a local bookstore, similar to Stephanie. Apparently, Jeremy really liked.