As a final stroke, each man wasgiven a little blue pill to swallow. They stared in horror as eachwife took a plastic cup and put it between her legs.... The sound ofliquid falling into the cup soon followed and with much encouragementand a little ball squeezing Stan and Bob quickly swallowed their pillsalong with the warm cocktail.Nothing else much happened for about a half hour. The three husbandsjust stood in place staring at each other while the wives madeconversation and had drinks. At. Though she liked the action films with lots of violence, her ongoing fascination with the more romantic ones continued. Try as she may to understand love and its nuances, the concept always seemed to elude her — much to her dismay. They were watching a romantic-comedy when something touching happened. He looked at her seeing her mouth was open, staring dumb-faced, trying to understand. He took hold of her jaw, gently turning her head to look at him, her eyes still on the screen — her mouth. Anyway we sold DanAlex for a retarded amount of money. Alex wanted to be a stay home mom, and she insisted that we stay home together.Dana never recovered from the incident. A few months after it happened, I was called to a nearby psychiatric hospital to visit with her. Her doctor said that seeing me might help her with her problem. I was expecting her to be either very apologetic and contrite, or evil and bitchy. I was quite surprised to find neither. First the doctor wanted me to go in alone. ’ For a moment, Jessica wondered if Lily had been affected by Aphrodite’s spell, too. Then she remembered that she didn’t believe in Aphrodite. ‘I’m only kidding. Don’t be so serious. I’m not going to go all lesbian on you. I know, let’s go see a movie. There’s a good ghost story in theaters, now.’ Jessica hated scary movies, but so had Jonas, so she supposed something scary would be best for Lily’s probably still-fragile emotional state. ‘Alright, let’s go. But first, you get dressed. Can’t go.