And yes, it’s OK. I was just surprised. What about New York City?”“It’ll be there when I’m ready to go. I don’t have any firm plans except... to explore Chicago. I’ll probably get bored eventually and that’s when I’ll leave.”“We have plenty of room,” I said. “As long as you can handle a bunch of kids in the house, you’ll be fine.”“Kids are OK. They ask questions, but they aren’t bigoted like adults.”“I’m sure Jesse will have plenty of questions for you. He’s three going on thirty!”“Is that your. ‘His been waiting all day for you. You should go see him after you bathe, change and rest.’ She said as they all entered the palace.She ate and rested herself before going in for a hot bath in one of the hot pools in the palace, her sister Amazonian attendants removing the silver starred Headpiece from her brow and her indestructible silver bracelets before unbraiding her long dark hair and helping her bath, making sure to cover her in the best of relaxing oils and liquid perfumes,. Her parents had told her to try and she certainly was not going to let the guy guess her weight. So she told him to guess her age. He guessed 14 so she won a prize. It was nothing special, just a plaster of Paris horse painted pink. It was flat on one side and three dimensional on the other, like it was one of a pair of bookends. She always wondered who had won the other pink horse. She had kept it for years afterwards. She thought her mother had ended up throwing it away when her parents sold. After about twenty minutes or so, Britt began to fidget, and was constantly tugging at the upper shoulder strap of her bra. “Is something wrong, dear,” asked Miss Ames, “you seem to be in great discomfort!?!” “Oh, it’s nothing, really,” replied Britt, “it’s just that these stupid straps practically cut me in half, my shoulders are killing me!!!” Since they were tucked away in Miss Ames’ private office, and the next appointment.
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