The rain had thickened again and visibility had worsened even more. Now, if ever, was her opportunity to drink from one of the short watering troughs....Quickly she darted out into the rain. Bent almost double, she scuttled the fifty feet to a water trough and dropped to her knees in the deep, thick mud around it. To her relief, it was at a height which allowed her to drink from it by merely bending forward at the hips and extending her trunk over it. By propping her shoulders on its metal rim,. .. I was going to stop today?" Shellie's green eyes were wide with dread.Carla started stroking lightly where her hand still rested on her roommate's breast, calming Shellie with her best bedside manner. "It's okay, it's okay, I know what to do... Don't worry, I can take care of it. We can do your treatment right here at home, you won't have to go to Emergency, nobody has to know."Shellie sighed with relief. "Really?" It never occurred to her to wonder how Carla had known about the hormone. You don’t take it off completely, but instead just slide it to the sides, my sleeves still on, but the silk crumpled on either side of me now. My lace bra moves slowly with my chest as I breathe in and out. My breathing has clearly gotten faster, and you know you are the reason why. Your hungry eyes stare at my goose bumped skin and you slowly take your finger to my neck, as if you are afraid to break me, and drag it down the center of my chest, further down, to where you reach the black lace. Yet it seems like everyone wants to take our money from us without giving value in exchange. I do not mind paying someone to paint my house if they do a good job. I’ll even tip when someone does an outstanding job. I do mind when extra charges are added as taxes and it bothers me that the man who paints my house loses so much of his income to taxes. It bothers me even more when I see our leaders spending our hard earned money frivolously.“The economy is an amazingly complex problem. It can’t be.