"Uh, Wendy" said Chuck, as the two were back in their original bodies. "Could you, uh,"
"Keep this between ourselves?" Wendy laughed. "Yeah, your secret is safe with me."
"Thanks."
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Tasha was pleased. It looked like the case could be rolled up and closed soon, and she could get back to her mate and their kittens. The arrest of Irene and Lawrence completed the capture of everyone at the "offsite facility," and Tran believed, or at least claimed he believed, that the Minotaur's information was recoverable if he was put back in a mammalian body with a reasonably-sized brain.
"You're free to go, Irene" said Tasha, with a predator's smile. "I apologize for the arrest, but we have no charges against you at present. Your friend, on the other hand, was part of the gang working illegal transformations and then transformed himself to avoid identification. We're quite interested in him."
"He's different now! These bodies, they really change you!"
"He'll get his day in court."
"Are you, are you" and for the first time, Irene sounded afraid "are you going to turn him into a human again?"
"Well" Tasha smiled "That's really up to him, isn't it?
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Zack woke up with a splitting headache, surrounded by the twins. Harry's wake had gotten a little out of hand--just the way Harry would have liked it.
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Eight feet away, on the other side of a wall, Katie and Jess were having a much more awkward moment. "Uh, did we, uh?" Katie began.
"Fraid so" answered Jess. "We were kind of wasted last night."
"This isn't really something, I, uh, do, you know. I mean, not that you're not, uh, attractive. It's just not my usual thing."
"Me neither. I mean, usually I'm into guys."
"Yeah, me too."
"Well," said Jess "Look at it this way. Wouldn't Harry have gotten a kick out of it?"
Katie laughed as she felt the tension dissolve.
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Goldie, still sleepy after a vigorous night, reached for the phone. "Goldie Husky here."
"Hi, Goldie." The husky recognized the voice as one of the junior prosecutors. "This may come as a bit of a shock, but the trial's over. They found Max dead in his cell this morning. Suicide."
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Between the trials and getting the legal department re-organized after half the lawyers had turned out to be part of the corrupt plot, Steve had been putting in sixteen-hour days. So it took a second for his mind to focus on the dvd the woman, Wendy, had put in his hands, loudly proclaiming that this was only one of many copies. He read the label: "My last will and testament as a human."