I could read thoughts, if the person was mentally verbalizing those thoughts, but I couldn't yet read anything any deeper. I kept probing, but I could...'t come up with an explanation for Miss Archer's depression. Finally, I began to get a glimmer of what was bothering her. She began to think about the specifics of her problem. Someone, she didn't know who, was threatening to go to the school board with proof that she was a lesbian. I had no idea what a "lesbian" was, but I intended to find out.. It might have helped, but in some twisted logic, she preferred that the person we hit on was not at a predestined place, purely for the motive of finding a sexual encounter.I booked us into a Travel Lodge in Southend, thinking that the bars would be quite crowded and we might stand a good chance of hooking up with some one. Well yes, the bars were crowded, but everyone was at least half our age and, if they did look our way, only saw two old people dressed in clothes way too young for them.. .." Jason prompted. He was beginning to squirm deliberately on his stool. He knew Carolyn was aware of his movements and he wanted it that way. She must suspect something was in the plans for the day, something special that she would gradually grow to fear and to dread. It made the game of stud and whore all the more intriguing to him."And after the dog himself has decided he is aroused, and after you have let him lick his fill several times, you will find he is an apt pupil for new tricks.". That evening, the five of us visited and enjoyed our meal. When we were done, I asked the waiter for the bill, but he told me that our bill had already been paid. When I asked who had paid it, he said that it had been paid by the couple who had sat at the table next to ours. They had already left. Uncomfortable with what felt like charity, I hurried out to the lobby of the restaurant in hopes of finding the couple and returning their money. I looked around trying to spot the couple, but.