"More than that," added Ludmilla, "The Chief Eunuch addressed her as Highness Zubeydeh!" Well, I'll soon put a stop to that," announced Maryam, stormi...ng out of the room and leaving Ludmilla to pacify the child as best she could.When she found the Chief Eunuch he was less than helpful."I address her as my Master instructs," he said firmly, "I was told this morning that she would return today and that she was to be treated with all the respect due to the mother of an Emir, and quite specifically. She had the same idea, sort of; she had hit her brakes so I could get in front of her.We both zigged when one of us should have zagged.The little sports car never stood a chance against my SUV.That was all either of us remembered until we woke up in the hospital. Within six weeks I discovered that I had gained the ability to enter and control other people's minds, and that she had lost the ability to do anything at all - paralyzed from the neck down.I went to her room to apologize to her, to. "I don't know, Mrs Stephens. I fell asleep last night before I could finish reading the book and..." "Excuses! Always excuses with you! See me after class!" she cut me off. Tick tick went the clock as my heart pounded in my chest and she finished her lecture on what was clearly her favorite book. My hands were trembling and sweating and I had never been so nervous in all my life. The bell rang and everyone quickly filed out or rather fled out of the room leaving me with the most gorgeous,. It was late summer 2010 and as usual in the “sultry” south, it was “hot as 40 Hells,” as we like to say down here. The pool party had happened spontaneously at Robert’s best friends house. His name is Lake, which I think is kind of a cool name for a guy. Lake was the football hero of their high school where Robert was the lacrosse champ. So all their friends were the jocks of the high school, the cheerleaders and their immediate friends. Lake’s parent’s were gone for the weekend and evidently.