He said, we can celebrate this weekend," she said with tears in her eyes.I opened my purse, grabbed my phone and called Shelia. "Hi Shelia. Do you hav... any openings today? Five o'clock. Great. No, it's for my friend Gwen. Yes, give her the full treatment." I hung up and said "I got you an appointment for a full body massage."She looked at me confused."You are all stressed. Go see Shelia. She gives the most amazing massages in the world," I advised.She said, "Well I could certainly use one." I. Going away ... shocked not only the media giants that dissected her every move but small-town residents that took solace or gained inspiration from her words.I felt like a heel and waited for my descent to the “most despised man in America.”Once again, the people that looked up to Liz astounded me. They accepted the news with equanimity that I had not foreseen. People in Times Square held up signs on national TV to tell the world they thought Liz had her priorities straight and they would. Be sure to tell him that you are a friend of mine. It might not help, but it can't hurt."I made the call and of course the man on the phone said he couldn't tell me anything without bringing the car in. "I can't even look at it till after lunch. You can bring it in anytime before noon and I'll call you when I check it out," the young sounding man said.I decided to deliver the car before I went to Helen's for my social time. I forced myself to go there every morning despite the fact that I. Please... may I have something to..." I said like a dog, Marianne!"Her self respect long since destroyed, Marianne knew nothing else to do except comply. She began whining like a dog begging for food, laid her head against Cornelius' leg."When a dog is really hungry it will lick its master's feet," he observed.Her eyes met his for only the briefest moment but while his held nothing but contempt, hers were filled with the surrender of self loathing. Slowly her head lowered to the floor and,.