An atheist might have been more cautious dealing with areligious leader. Instead we had to draw a Bible-thumping judge with anagenda. If word of his a...cusations got outside that courtroom, I'd beruined. The media loves nothing better than to bring down afundamentalist minister over either sex or money. While I hadn't exactlymisused the funds I had collected in my ministry, I had lived fairlywell. To expose my hypocrisy would be the fresh meat the media craved."I find the defendants guilty!" The. I was finished with my commitments by the first of August and Daphne and I boarded the Coast Starlight from Seattle to Los Angeles with the kids. Shelly was both fascinated and horrified by the automatic flushing toilets on the train, which she called ‘automatickers.’ We’d planned ahead with lots of games and crafts to keep the kids busy on the journey and they were very good, even if a little hyper about going to see Mickey Mouse. The train was like a rocking cradle for both of them, though.. “Why do you say that?”“You go all funny whenever Phil brings her over. You hardly talk to her at all.”“I like her fine.” I said, working to cover up whatever Marsha might have observed. “I just don’t know if she’s the right girl for Phil.”“Oh come on, Harry! She’s absolutely stunning, as sweet as honey, tall and strong and hard working. What don’t you think is right?”I grumbled something insensible and rolled onto my pillow.“I’m looking forward to the wedding.” Marsha continued as she turned. "What?" Just watch." I went to the back of my shop and opened the canteen taking a condom out. It was like a pink ring, made of soft rubber, and had a little tip poking out from one side. I went back to the front and showed Verti it. "This is a condom?" She asked examining it as I handed it to her.."Yeah, here's how you use it. Come." I grabbed Verti's hand and led her to my back room behind the counter. She was reluctant to follow at first, but then she did. She seemed amazed when she saw all.