"Dr. Susan arched her eyebrows. "Twice? In a single day?" Yes! Can you believe it! Isn't it fantastic! I'm cured!" I'll be the judge of that," Dr. Sus...n said, sternly. "So what about your other directive?" Oh ... uh..." Jane blushed, prettily. Dr. Susan noticed that she was actually wearing a little bit of makeup this time. Of course, she was still dressed in the sweater and sweat pants - she refused to wear anything else outside the house. Oh well. Baby steps."Did you tell him?" Dr. Susan. Although the money was good, he was glad he didn't see this kind of sale that often. Phil hated having an open house of such a large home. Usually, the buyers would have to bring their own sales reps, but today, he had three couples scheduled at once, and keeping track of them had been a nightmare. One couple had managed to get themselves locked into the basement as he was showing the other two the second floor, and he hadn't noticed until he had been getting ready to leave that their car was. The two stories are inverse images of each other: the cop and the deputy meet out in the scrub over a dismembered corpse, and as the investigation plays out, they keep meeting in depersonalizing and demeaning places: morgues, jails, courthouses, industrial parks. The victim and her assailant are shown to have met at positive, life affirming events: weddings, human potential seminars, birthday parties, celebrations. The happy people meeting up in the happy places have everything going for them,. I’m an old man, but not that old.I still needed to get married and help my new wife with her career. We did plan the wedding, for the back yard, and oh, my, did they go all out. The girls had been doing all the planning and such since early spring. They wanted to wait until well after graduation, so it was late June when we had the ceremony. We had about fifty guests, from all walks of life, including mayors and street urchins from the shelter. My bride was dressed beautifully, in white. The.