Afterlunch, they spent time talking as the three teens went upstairs to watchTV and chat with friends. Brice and Devon talked a lot about the schoolan... what they had been through, with both finding common ground in theirpasts.Mid-afternoon saw the feds calling Jeffry to tell him that arrests werebeing made that day of all of the major players in the case. They hadthe extortionists, the civil rights violators at the school andhospital, the parents who conspired to get rid of Cora, the people. So far.Stacey blushed at the praise. And didn't run away screaming when the maneased him into the tub of delightfully warm water.Stacey's tensions began to ease as Mr. Biggenstiff drizzled warm waterover Stacey's head to wet his hair. The way Daddy used to do for himbefore he was seven and Stacey had to start taking his own baths.Did Stacey miss the baths that Daddy gave him? Kind of. He was a littlejealous because sometimes, when Mom was off staying with her sister,Daddy would take showers. ." And if a foot rub would wear you out, I'd take the other instead. At least, some nights. Mmmm, hmmm; you do that well." You used to say that I did the other well, as well. But you do have a point." So do you." Hey! No fair. If you tease the animal, I'm not going to try to keep him under control." As if you ever did. That does feel good, but you are going to hate me." Go right ahead. How you can complain of retaining water, I'll never know." Mystery of the universe. Wait for me." I suppose. In the mirror behind me, I watched in abject defeat as I sawthe horizontal stripes on my skin redden and then begin to turn ahellish pinkish purple. "In a while, they'll be more noticeable," she said. Shegrabbed the waistband and pulled it down. The stripes were in neatrows. She reached once more into her bag and pulled out -- oh no! --a dildo. As I watched with growing apprehension, she opened a tube ofKY jelly and coated the dildo with it. Thank goodness, I thought tomyself, it wasn't.