Like seeing a bear trap the instant before you put yourfoot in it, I caught on to what Sherri had wanted. I lowered my hand tothe bed again."What was... that Tiffany, did you want to say something?" I knew I wasright because I could hear the disappointment in Sherri's voice. I shookmy head, no. "Are you sure you don't want to end this?" anothernegative shake of my head. In order to end this I had to speak, thatwould mean the very act of calling an end to the torment would earn mefive more. And the second one is.. hmm. Okay, tell me in as few words aspossible how do I look like?"Victoria studied her for a moment. "Hmm pretty and with those big blueeyes kinda innocent. Oh, I see. What better camouflage for a pranksterright?" Mercy nodded.There was a silent moment before Victoria broke it. "So I know everytrickster mage has a special ability or spell or so. Any chance youwould tell me what yours is?" Sorry, no. I kinda want to keep it a secret. I fear if people knewthey might. The first one among us to guess the right answer three times would play. Unluckily for me I lost. I was almost in tears. I could see that Rekha also looked very down. But Khan was very gracious. I gathered enough courage to ask him if I could invite my wife on stage to meet him as that was our life dream. He readily agreed. Rekha got up with a jump and came to the stage. She could hardly control herself. She reached the stage and actually kissed Khan. He was embarrassed but enjoying it. She. Anyway, I'll call you this evening. 'Bye for now." Goodby for now, and thanks for coming."Tommy called me after supper and said that his mom was going to another swim party, so I could come over if I wanted to. She would leave about 1:30, so I could come over any time after that. I gave Mom the word, and it was a date.By the way, Dad said that he would look into the swimming pool situation. He might go with an above-ground pool because they were so much cheaper, but he would think about it. One.