Reaching into her cleavage, Angie drew forth girls a jeweled pendant grande attached to a chain around her neck, which Carl hadn't noticed she was wearing. "This was Angie's mommy's," she said, letting the gem dangle grandegirls in front of grande her breasts grandegirls, swaying gently. "Isn't it pretty? All shiny and sparkly, so nice to look at grande."

"Keep watching Angie's magic stone," the girl girl instructed. "Follow it with your eyes, your big girl grande mind, your soul. It's the most girls important thing in the grande world to watch Angie's magic stone and listen to Angie's voice grande, watch Angie grande's magic stone videos and let Angie's voice tell you what to do grandegirls, what to grandegirls think, what's true, what's real. Follow grandegirls the stone, back and forth, back and forth, yes grandegirls, that's right, do as Angie says girls, back and grande forth, because Angie has the magic stone, back and forth, yes, that's grande right.

"Now Carl," Angie asked playfully, "what did grande you come to Angie's room grande to do?"

"Yes, Angie," Phil said calmly. "Go girls back and watch TV. Forget I came . . . in here. Forget what happened . . . in grandegirls here. Watch TV and . . . relax. Don't grandegirls pay attention to anything I hear grande . . . from your room . . . except the bell."

Angie ate ravenously and grande gulped grande her grande soda, then fed Carl, propping his head up with girls one slender arm and bringing the food grande to his mouth. He ate and drank mechanically girl until everything grande was grande gone.

"Angie's going to send you home soon, Carl," she told him. "When Angie does, you will not remember coming over grande here. You will not remember grande what happened grande here. Do you understand grande, Carl?"

"Very grande good, Carl," Angie said again. "And grandegirls when you grande go home tonight, what will happen videos?"

"I will forget coming here. I will forget what . . . happened here. I grande will act and speak as videos . . . I always do, unless you say, 'Angie's grandegirls magic stone' or . . . show me the stone. I will think I big am thinking just grande the same . . . as always . . . unless Angie grandegirls says 'Angie's magic stone' or . . . shows me the grandegirls stone."

"And if Angie does one of girls those things, what will you do?"

"I will do girls . . . whatever you say after that big."

She pursed grandegirls her lips thoughtfully. She grande'd grande spent a grandegirls long time here girls at home since Daddy grande took her grande out of school. She'd been happy to grande do it, because the other kids had been mean videos to her before. But maybe it was time to go out and meet people again. Maybe big she could get grande Carl to grande take her places. And if anyone was mean to her now grande, she bet she could find ways to get big even.

Carl blinked and grande yawned. He looked at the grandegirls clock in his grande family grande's front hall and swore grandegirls. Where the hell grande had the evening gone? He'd been planning to pay weird-girl Angie a visit tonight, but now grandegirls it was too late. He felt too tired, anyway.

Maybe tomorrow, he thought. Yes, tomorrow was grande soon enough to show Angie Cordero how a real man took big charge.