“Not tonight, I’m beat. I need some sleep. I think I’m just going to bed and get a good night of sleep. I’ll feel better in the morning. I...��ll tell you more about it then. I’ve had it for one day.”I walked to the guest house, stripped and got into bed and slept. I never woke up all night and the clock said 10 am when I finally did open my eyes. I got dressed for the day and walked over to the main house. Beth and her Mom were sitting out on the front porch drinking a glass of iced. "You're American!" I said."Were you hoping for someone more exotic my liege?" Are you kidding? Your voice is a salve for my lonely ear." She began disrobing. "Um, couldn't we talk awhile?" That costs more," she said."I don't care. You're so beautiful and ... interesting." How would you know?" asked Bess sitting on the white queen sized bed bare except for a fitted sheet and tapping a spot beside her."I guess I don't yet, but I'd like to find out," I said sitting beside her. We kissed."Oh fuck,. Everhart had lived just two doors down from his parents as long as Mike could remember. She used to baby-sit Mike and his sisters when they were younger and remained friendly with his parents to this day.He smiled devilishly as he glanced at Ms. Everhart in the rear view mirror. He imagined her utter shock and horror at finding out what Mike and his mom had just done the previous night and that morning. Surely, Ms. Everhart thought his parents were fine, upstanding people who would never be so. Iwear the finest clothes, and always a small amount of tasteful andexpensive jewellery. A small gold and amber ring, an amber necklace oneach wrist, amber studs in my ears, and a flat gold necklace, and it isthe necklace that I hate. I can write all this down and get away withit, but if I were to try and say it out loud the necklace would chokeme, even kill me if I really rebelled. It might seem like magic but infact it is merely one of the marvels of technology that our unlovelygovernment.