He was there for me when I needed him. We'd grown up together. And I'm really close to his family. All that has to count for something, right?"I didn'...t follow exactly what she meant, but I nodded."It was a good relationship, while it lasted. He was a good boyfriend. The best, really. Oh, he had his flaws and foibles – he could get really jealous of me, but you already knew that – but there was nothing deal-breaking. It's just ... It's just..."She choked up then, and looked ready to cry. Without. Not just literally, but I guessfiguratively too.In any case I had listened to the toxicologist that day. I hadlearnt how to treat a tricyclic overdose. And Javed also clearlyknew enough to trust me. I just hoped the toxicologist's prophecywould ring true. That I really could use that knowledge to save alife.I worked with a taught knot of tension twirled around my stomach, Icould not bear to see her die.We gave one ampoule then another. There was no discernibledifference on the monitor. More. In their places were a gourgeous mane of lightly curling, golden brown hair that fell lighlty to her shoulders, perfectly straight pearly whites and a face that would never need make up. Candance like her new lips then paused. She stuck her tounge out. The tounge was very long and clearly prehensile. Experimentally she tried to lick her eyebrows, and giggled as she accopmplished the eat easily.Her body was also much improved. Candance now easily cleared six feet and her body had filled out into. At first, they went up the sound towards the causeway and back, as Frank and Ronnie gave a running description of the Bay and surrounding islands and peninsulas. Then they motored out to deeper water and stopped. Happily learning that their guests already knew how to water-ski, Harry Junior and Taylor were quickly decked out in life vests and dumped overboard with skis and tow ropes. The family spent the rest of the morning roaring around the eastern Bay, with Sue, Taylor, Ronnie, and Harry.