Demetres," She opens the door to the waiting room and speaks to the patient directly. She never does this with any of her regular patients. "I am read... to see you now, if you would like to come in?" Thank you very much," I notice Doctor Polichvich even holds the door open for him. "I hope this isn't too much of a bother for you. Martha already told me that you usually close at five." No problem at all," She winks at me. "My only problem is that the other two nurses need to leave at 5:00, so I. " Since when am I sexist?" Peg laughed. "Girls have the same urges that boys do. I know that." MOM!" Well, it's true. Anyhow, the only difference is that girls have to be more careful. But you know that." Yes, well..." Kris. You might want to think about going on the pill."Kristin gasped. "But, Mom, I mean-we haven't-I don't know..." Better safe than sorry." OK. Well, I'll think about it."Kristin went back upstairs, shaking her head. What a strange conversation that was, she thought. She knew. She'd perfected thatto an art form, and I needed to give her a raise. Rojas did everythingbut undress her on the way out. Perhaps Claire could be useful insealing our deal, I thought.The rest of the day passed uneventfully. I'd realized I'd skipped lunchentirely when I looked at my watch to see it was 5 o'clock. I packed mybriefcase, hopped in the car and drove to Leah's mom's place. NatalieJones had been divorced for a few years, and at 48 she still lookedpretty good. She thanked me for the. .” and she gasped and her mouth dropped even more and she stared at it.And I said “Cait, we have to go” but she couldn't take her eyes off it and I was sure she had some crazy pictures in her head right now and I said “Cait, we have to go!” again.So she shut the door and locked it and threw the key back on the bed and I said “You can't take that” and she was still holding the strap-on and she said “Oh I'm taking it” and I said “They'll know” and she said “They have a bunch of them in there” and.