Girl in the Shadows (Shadows 2)

Destiny and my uncle." I said, nodding at the framed

picture on the wall to his right. He looked at it and

then back at the doll.

It was embarrassing for me to put on her

panties and her bra with him watching, but it was how

Uncle Palaver had dressed her. I worked as quickly as

I could.

"That is one lifelike doll. Can I touch it?" he

asked. I nodded and watched him touch Destiny's arm.

"Feels just like real skin. And those breasts and

nipples. Who made it, a plastic surgeon?"

"I don't know."

"There are even fingernails and hairs. No

wonder the kid was so confused. Why did your uncle

have this made?"

"My uncle was very much in love with Destiny

and it was so painful for him to lose her. He found

someone who would do all this detail,"

"Even pubic hair. You didn't need that much

detail for the show, did you?"

"No, but it didn't hurt that she looked this real." I turned the doll over and undid the cabinet that held the batteries. "These have to be replaced," I said,

taking the dead ones out.

"What can you make it do?"

"Using the transmitter. we. I mean I. can move

her arms and legs, hands and fingers. Her head and

even her eyes shift. But the most important thing is

her mouth. We, my uncle mainly, could do an exciting

ventriloquist act with her making her mouth move.

Her comments related to the tricks and he had tricks

he could do that often would involve the doll holding