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reached an agreement. In two weeks you will be joining Slurry on the Grind tour!”
    Jane grabbed Elizabeth’s hand and squeezed it tightly as she said, “Thank you very much! We’re so excited and happy to be joining you.”
    Elizabeth didn’t trust herself to speak but nodded in agreement, while Charlotte added, “I’m sure this’ll mean great things for all of us.” This caused Elizabeth to bite her lower lip to keep from giggling.
    “Oh,” Jane said excitedly. “Perhaps we could invite you to our house next weekend for dinner. It would give us all a chance to get to know each other before we leave, and you could tell us what to expect.”
    Caroline and Charles exchanged looks. “Are you sure?” Caroline asked.
    “Definitely. I’m sure our families would like to meet the men we are going to be spending the next eight months traveling with,” Jane assured them with a bright smile.
    “That is, if we’re not too dangerous to you,” Elizabeth said softly.
    Darcy’s eyes locked on hers, and she was able to meet his gaze with frank inquiry. She realized that despite her laughter, his warning still stung badly.
    “I think that is a lovely idea,” Charles said agreeably. “Next Sunday then?”
    “That would be great,” Charlotte replied.
    “We’ll send you the directions and the time,” Jane glowed.
    “I look forward to it.”
    “Good night then; it was nice meeting you,” Anne said formally as she began leading the group away. Darcy left with a cold feeling in the pit of his stomach, which turned colder as he heard Elizabeth’s laughter at his exit.
    ***
     
    “For MTV News, I’m Mark Cole.
    “The rock band Slurry has finally announced the warm-up act for the North American leg of their Grind tour, squashing the rumors that had been circulating about the band following the resignation of their last opening act, Dead Man Walking.
    “The new group is called Long Borne Suffering. Relatively unknown, the band recently released their debut CD, First Impressions , on De Bourgh’s Rosings Park label.
    “That’s all for now. Stay tuned for more MTV News, every ten minutes of the hour.”

Chapter 2
     
    The warmth of spring filled Elizabeth as she sat down at the kitchen table to enjoy the peace of the morning. She cherished this time, before she remembered everything she had to do and the pressure of expectations forced her to move. For now she could just enjoy her coffee and biscotti and not worry about anything yet.
    A sudden burst of female laughter broke Elizabeth out of her daze. Lydia called out to her, “Lizzy! Come here! You gotta see this!”
    “Do I?” she asked her father as she got up and started moving to the other room. A week of long rehearsals had left her sore and numb. She found her youngest sibling in front of the desktop in the living room. On the screen were three naked women, their faces turned away. “What the heck is this?” Elizabeth blurted to Lydia’s peals of laughter.
    “Watch!” Lydia commanded and moved the mouse. As the cursor passed over each body, a name appeared. With a sinking feeling Elizabeth saw the names were “Lizzy,” “Charlotte,” and “Jane.”
    “What the hell?” she asked, rubbing her forehead.
    “It’s Long Borne Suffering, d’uh!” Lydia replied.
    “ Where did you find this?” Elizabeth asked.
    “Ever since you were on the news, stuff like this has been popping up,” Mary observed from the couch, where she was reading.
    Elizabeth read the title of the website: “Long Borne Suffering: NUDE.” She was surprised and a little shocked, but her good humor quickly overcame it. “I had no idea my hips were that small,” she quipped. “And when did I get a racing stripe?”
    The girls all laughed together, then Lydia offered to show Lizzy her other finds. The girls sifted through a pile of sites, each more lurid than the last. Elizabeth was especially amused by the web page that proclaimed them “ Slurry’s Bitches ” in large