I’m a whore, I thought. He bought me like he bought his clothes, his shoes and his watch.I hurried to the coat check and got my comfortingly cheap W...sconsin winter jacket. Then I went down to the Bell Desk in the lobby.“Ich hätte gerne ein Taxi, bitte,” I said. (I’d like a taxi please.)“Wohin, Fräulein?” asked the man at the Bell Desk. (Where to, miss?)“Zermatt,” I said. “Jagerhof Hotel.”“Das wird viel kosten, Fräulein.” (That will cost a lot, miss.)“Kann ich mit Kreditkarte bezahlen?” (Can I. No onecould see in. I turned on the lights, to get a good lookat my catch for the first time.She was beautiful. A petite girl of about twenty three,with straight, shoulder length auburn hair and alluringgreen eyes. She was dressed for business, with a smartlooking gray blazer over a white blouse, and a matchinggray skirt. She was wearing stockings, but they weresuch a light color I hadn’t even noticed at first.“Very, very nice!” I murmured, causing her to. I'll have breakfast ready by 7:15 if that's OK with you, Mam. David said you all have to leave by 8:30 for the services tomorrow." That's thoughtful of you Maggie," Mandy said, feeling sadness well up a little. She leaned into Jason for support as she answered, "That sounds fine. If you don't mind, I'd like to eat light tomorrow. Just toast and coffee."I know I'll need my strength but I don't want to have much in my stomach."I just know I'm going to have a hard time at the cemetery."Then Maggie. All in all, I just did not want a dog, but Steph did and so we got a dog, a big Great Dane and she named it Max.Steph was a runner and she runs a good five miles a day, usually in the cool of the evening, and she would take the dog with her. She would usually be gone for an hour and forty-five minutes to two hours and that was what I called my 'quiet time'. I t gave me the opportunity to do all the things I needed to get done without Steph constantly bothering me to do this or that. We settled.