It’s not evil. It’s what I am and it’s what you are, too. What’s that line from ‘Hamlet?’ ‘To thine own self be true and so cannot be fa...se to anyone’ or something like that.”“ ... didn’t you have doubts about your self-worth?”Janet rolled onto her back and laced her fingers behind her head. “When did I first understand ... Okay -- true confessions time. By the time I was fourteen, I was a committed stoner. I ran with a wild crowd who provided me with alcohol and weed. In return, I tried. Move in with me. We can do that every night, if you’d like?”“You won’t bring home whores?” I said.“I deserved that. I really do. I would never bring home a whore, when I have you in my bed. Wait, did that sound as bad as I think it did?”I giggled for the first time in a long time. “We had better get to these dishes Frank.”“Oh, you like role-play, don’t you?” he said flicking some water at me.“Don’t, come on, let’s finish.”We spent a few quiet moments finishing up. Before we went out to our. The work days all remained pretty straight forward the first several weeks. I got the chance to meet my co-workers who were all welcoming of me. I quickly made friends with Bailey who worked beside me as the secretary for Mr. Edwards. She was a few years older than me but we clicked right away. We were the youngest and likely the prettiest girls in the office so it seemed natural we'd have things in common. Things between me and Glen had been becoming stressful. It was both our first time. "I would wager the number of people who dislike me is far greater than the number of those who abide me. You can't base your future on what people think of me. I've seen how she thinks of you. That is what is important." I'm not certain you fully understand my problem," Pernice said. "If we wed, I fear Rayna will insist I leave the guard. She has accused me more than once of turning into you. Of course, I took that as a compliment but I'm not sure that is how she meant it."Jorgarn did not smile.