I want to dance. Mommy said I can.”“You’d be a wonderful dancer, my angel.”Her arms lifted. He embraced her, her feet dangling. “You’re wo...derful Joe,” she murmured, kissing his cheek.“That’s the best thing anyone said about me,” he told her.“Really?”“Really. Did you understand?”“I think so. Sometimes life is a dream. Sometimes a dream is life.”“Holy shit!” he thought.“Yes, sweetheart. That’s exactly what I meant.”“Wonderful.”“Thanks.”“You can put me down now.”“Okay,” he chuckled, setting her. She was surprisingly quick about the way she did it. “Come with me and we will make some lunch,” Bev said. I followed her into the kitchen admiring her full hips and rounded ass. “I’ll knock up some sandwiches and you can make another round of those drinks. It wasn’t long before we were both siting at the outdoor table under a large umbrella eating lunch. I asked Bev about her beauty therapy experience and so we chatted about that. The conversation moved on to sex and I started to. After a couple of minutes of silence I heard a loud “whack”, followed shortly by another. This went on for several minutes. I figured Marvin was hitting Julius with a paddle.Finally it stopped, but only for a couple of minutes. There was then the unmistakable sound of a whip being tested out. Finally there was another loud “whack” as the whip found its mark. I counted five whacks with the whip. I figured Julius was being punished for something.When this was finished, I didn’t hear any sound of. .. I guess you could call it cyberkinesis." Kiki, explain." We can communicate through wires. From that, we figured out we could communicate through computers." And that's what the weird phone stuff is all about?" Pretty much. Open the envelope, there should be an iPod in there. Listen to that for a day, and you'll pick up ILYSKN." She looked at me over the coffee cup. "Okay, maybe two days for you."I resisted the urge to kick her under the table.Phoenix: Tuesday AfternoonAfter coffee, I went.