When at last my brain started to function normally again, I opened my eyes seeing Maximus on the couch reading. He looked up immediately. Nice rest? How long was I out? Not even a minute, he laughed. He stared at me a minute, waiting until I asked the burning question, So can I get up? I suppose you can. You have before. But then theres hardly been a scientific study on your getting up faculties. If its something that you can do in a reliable way. Why not? What do you think? I think youre toying with me, I fumed. Would I do that? Of course you would. Well, you can get up when youre ready, then you can park your butt on the floor for the remainder of the night. As I struggled to pull myself from the radiator, the door suddenly opened and Denny came flying in

