And yet here you are.”I laughed. “I wonder how many other people in my life carry around all these other secret instructions from her, just in cas... something happens a certain way!”Clara joined in laughing with me. “I wouldn’t be surprised!”“But even that doesn’t matter. What does matter is that I know what I have to do, now.”I sighed, closing my eyes as I felt something that had been lacking for a long time: a sense of peace and ease.“Thank you,” I said to her.“I did nothing,” she deflected.. "In the middle of June my mom and I went to Cincinnati to visit my Aunt Sally," she said."Cincinnati, Ohio? "Yes." That's why when I tried to call you, there was no answer," I said."You tried to call?" Yes, many times." We were back by mid-July, but then my dad took us to San Diego to visit my grandparents for a couple of weeks in August," she said."You were a world traveler." What did you do all summer?" she asked."Bagged groceries at the Grocery Barn." You bagged groceries at Grocery Barn? . She smiled. "Are there any things I should be careful of besides what you told me yesterday?" Not really. You did warn him that getting pregnant may cause the change to become permanent, right?"She smiled again. "Yes. One question though: are we still going to be attracted to each other after the change?" She looked up and saw George approach the doorway."I take it that's George? Perfect timing then — come right in and I'll only need to answer that question once". She watched George nervously. Jones began to explain the auction that the company was working on. As she explained, I started to blush, again.The short version was that it was an auction of erotica. However, that would not convey the nature of the items offered for sale. Many were hundreds of years old, and fully authenticated. These items ranged from fertility symbols, to fetishes, to religious artifacts, to straight forward dildos. There was also a large selection of written or printed erotica, including a letter in the.