I encouraged him to talk to Doctor Grossi.On Thursday, when I got to chemistry class, Kara kissed me on the cheek and then turned bright red.“Steve,...�� she whispered, “I got my period this morning. Do you still want to go out?”“Of course. I like just being with you. We could still make out, if you want!”She smiled.That evening we went to dinner and spent an hour in the apartment cuddling, doing just a bit of kissing.“Thanks for being so understanding.”“I know how your body works, and I know about. She was “mine” now.I had a friend from the States that I got together with from time to time. He was surprised when he met Ya-wen and said he envied me. He didn’t know how to meet women here. Ya-wen was listening as she served us drinks and snacks and piped up, “Friend like fuckee? I give to him.”THAT got our attention and his face lit up. Very good at reading men, she opened her button-up-the-front dress to make the offer even more enticing. I just grinned. “Why the hell not?” I’d always liked. Vladyka was able to anoint him before the surgery.”“Very good. Do you know how long it will be?”“Several hours, but I don’t actually know,” I said. “I didn’t speak to the cardiologist; he spoke privately with Matushka Anastasia and John. The basic information I have is from Doctor Evgeni Petrov, who’s a member here.”“I know Doctor Evgeni,” Deacon Vasily said. “He’s a good man. What precisely did he say?”I repeated what I had been told, and promised to call with any updates. Before he hung up,. ”“According to my dad,” I interjected, “Len Nelson and his buddies are just garden-variety rednecks. Racist, but not organized. They’ve been like this since grade school, according to my mom. I remember from our Ohio history class in seventh grade that Ohio was one of the states which passed an anti-miscegenation law during the Civil War. It was repealed before 1880, but I don’t remember the date.“And you mentioned California, Valerie, but they had their law on the books until much later, but I.