"Why is it I sense the hand of Edgar Warren Bradley in all of this? What did you do? Or more accurately, since you've been with me on Maui while all o... this has been going on, what have your people been doing? How did they get these people to mutilate themselves?" The girl was told that her choice was to cut off the end of her finger or lose her whole hand. There is a strange little machine — sort of like an electric guillotine — that she used. She put her finger in the hole, pressed a button. She was perfectlyrespectable, apparently happy, fully in charge of her own affairsincluding a few her husband knew nothing about. "Becoming a womanfinally made a man of him!" she said, grinning. They exchangedChristmas cards, and Maddy sent her "Scotty" a birthday card on eachanniversary of her sex reassignment surgery. Had he remained aman, he'd have remained a mediocre lab technician, never verycompetent, probably let go after some disastrous mistake. He wasmuch better off."Wouldn't you. Bei einem persönlichen Gespräch wollte Anne dann wissen, wieso der Verdienst hier so hoch sei."Die Männer zahlen so viel, weil die Escort-Damen es ohne Kondom machen" erklärte sieAnne schluckte."Keine Sorge. Alle Kunden müssen vorher ein ärztliches Attest vorlegen. 7.500 Euro für dich"Anne zögerte, sagte dann allerdings zu. Nur einen kurzen Augenblick später machte die Escortleiterin ein paar Fotos von ihr."Könnte sein, dass ich schon heute Abend einen Termin für dich habe. Lass also dein Handy. I left that thing in my suitcase. I'm on the ship's phone system."Well ... an easily provable lie. Cell was in the unnamed building. Suitcase was in the hotel. "Oh ... having fun?" Nope. It's a drag, but I gotta do it for good ol' Carbunkle. Did you know there's a company song?" Really ... must be like college. I bet you really set 'em on their ear when you showed up in your slinky, sexy dress at dinner." Well, I did actually. Got some offers but, of course, I turned them all away. I'm a.