She said I’d never have any trouble getting work. After high school, I went to Berkeley Secretarial School. The certificate that I went for was an i...tense class which would be finished in nine months. I’d learn shorthand and how to type and look presentable in the business world.I did very well and afterward, was placed in a job that didn’t end up working out. I was sad when I was let go. My father said I could take a little break and then he wanted me to find a job.Eventually, I found a job. “Oh my God, Mike that was really intense. It was better than my boyfriend Otto when he gives it to me from behind with his big boy. You would like Otto, even though he don’t really like cops too much because they shot his brother by accident in the park chasing some pervert that was raping the young students taking a short cut to their apartment. He was really broken up by that and he wants me to wear my uniform when he bends me over and he pretends he is punishing me for my sins.”I was. With the cup of tea made she walked back into the reception. He was sitting on the low sofa staring out of the window with a fixed gaze. She bent down and handed him his tea. He looked up to receive it and she watched his eyes greet hers after he had had more than an eyeful of her ample bosom which with the added bonus of gravity was pushing hard against the fabric. He knew she had caught him staring at her and he nervously made a remark about ‘the amazing view…er of the planes on the runway’. Miriam sighed but said nothing more as people began pouring into the building. ‘Light the candles Miriam,’ Liam said. Miriam glanced at Malachi before taking the zippo lighter from off of the table and lit the candles and recited the prayer. The people of the camp went through the movements of observing the Sabbath with ease and grace of a people who had been observant for centuries. When the evening meal was over, Miriam slipped away to the river, Malachi followed her. ‘It isn’t safe,’ Malachi.