I was playing with my hair and looking how nicemy legs look with my pink pedicure. Ted finally said, "But you're Billy,not Missy. How can this be happ...ning to our best friend?" They all lookedat each other and I said, "Sorry guys, I'm not Billy anymore. I amMissy." Ted got up and held his hand out to me as I reached out to takeit. He pulled me up directly in front of him as he said, "Well, ifBilly's gone, I want Missy to still be our friend." With that I leaptforward and wrapped my arms around. It’s good to see you’re awake again.Me: Thank you, Elena, it’s nice of you to stop by and visit. Please have a seat. I’ll just lay in bed until the doctor comes.Elena: All right!Elena sat on the sofa. Amy was stand. Elena felt sorry for me. She was really upset and was feeling guilty about it.Me: I am feeling better now. If you don’t mind, could one of you bring the doctor here so we can go?Elena: Could you do it, Amy, I’d go but I don’t know what they look like.Amy: All right. I’ll be right. If the key element, the one I was counting on and around which everything else revolved, proved out, then I could reconsider. I could even abort at that point, with whatever obscure satisfaction I could glean from the fact that my idea was at least viable, and move in another direction. But I needed the confidence that at least a possible resolution could give me.Monday evening was the nadir for me. With little option I had drinks and dinner with Doug—he and I were the only guests left in the. "Lori poured herself a drink while Sandra led me through to the bathroomand forcefully pulled my long leg vintage lace girdle off of me. She toldme to step in the shower and clothes my eyes and to put my hands over myhead.Reminding me to stay still she pulled a blindfold over my eye then I felthandcuffs fitted to my wrists attaching them to the curtain rod. I felther applying lotion to my body from below my blindfold to my toes. Shedidn't miss a spot front or back including my bottom and.