"Of course, you can wear it to grandma's today!" Mom said."But... but I don't understand. Why am I a girl?" That's a silly question, you were just bor...n that way that's all."replied Mom.Kris Anne was feeling so happy and excited inside.Please let it be real she thought. It was the REAL Santa Claus. He haddone it. Somehow he had really done it. He was now a girl!She spent the rest of the morning opening her presents and herChristmas stocking. She got nail polish, stockings, a makeup kit,. I checked that and the rifling was opposite. It gave the bullet the opposite spin and therefore could have made the difference. I would have Fred change it later.“Well, Valkorla that was much better wasn’t it? I’ll bet it even felt better after a coupe shots.”“Yes Bob it did seem to feel better and your advice helped too. I was surprised by each shot. I will have to tell Valkerita what you said about my squeezing softly too.”“Harlou, I think that is enough practice for today, we can do more. Maynard did have a plan in advance, he just didn’t think he’d need to use it so soon. Beforehand, Maynard had set C4 up in the mountains on either side of the road leading into Aftersun. He had the detonator in his coat and it was ready to blow at any second, but he needed to be sure that Nick was still in the town. Or that at least the entrance was blocked off. Maynard turned on a street and screeched to a hault at the city limits. Parking the car behind a garage, he hurriedly got out of the. ‘That’s about the size of it, Sharon.’ Dennis interrupted. ‘You want your usual, baby-doll?’ Sharon rolled her eyes. ‘Better make it a double, sweet-cheeks!’ Dennis walked away, blushing. ‘That’ll teach the bastard!’ she said, chuckling. ‘So, what? NSC? Is that what I heard?’ ‘Yup. Position papers, daily briefs. That kind of stuff.’ ‘Were you there for 9/11?‘ ‘Just after. Interesting times. What do you do?’ ‘Sabbatical. I teach poli-sci at Holyoke, but I worked in the Clinton White House,’ she.