"I'm glad my suffering can amuse you," I tell him.I want to feel angry, but I only feel regret at a life cutso short..."If it's any consolation, you w...re meant to fail," he says,still smiling."I don't understand. You gave me a quest that you knew Iwould fail? Why? What cruel purpose could you possibly havein such villainy?" I plead."There are things which are beyond my power, dear. Thehorned God would not release you from his service. Notunless you left your body behind. I have many powers,. I was very pleased at this progress. Sue very carefully came next to me and we kissed.I dozed off and when I woke, she was still there with me. Sue reached over and very gently rubbed me between my legs. It was the first time we had any sexual contact since the accident. Nothing happened and I encouraged her to do more. Still I did not react to her touches. I had a doctor's appointment the next day. I brought him up to date on my progress and also told him about not being able to get an. " You were in favor of it at the time," he snorted."Bryan, I wasn't thinking clearly. I was becoming an empty nester. I know now that what I was going through is really bad for women psychologically. Your children are all gone so you begin to question yourself. You start to wonder what your purpose is and you question your attractiveness. It's almost as bad as when we go through the change. We just don't look at the facts rationally." Bryan did you know that the average person who lives to be. What we wonder nowValerie, is if you would be willing to undergo several of the scenarios andwe will triple the amount of money your children will receive." With a grin, Valerie reminded them, "But I can die only once, can't I?" "That is true," the woman agreed. "But we can stop any of thescenarios just short of death. You will die, but you won't know ahead of timewhich scenario will result in your actual death." "What's the catch?" Valerie replied. "You can do that anyway." There was a.