It was one of those self-serve stores with a very largeselection. In an hour, I learned the ins and outs of women's shoes. Itried on about a dozen ...air. ("Doctor's orders," she barked to any womenwho showed an unusual interest in the guy trying on heels.) We decided ona pair of black pumps with a 4 inch narrow spike heel. It was a "stackedheel" and had a peep toe (terms that I just learned). Surprisingly, theywere very comfortable.I wore the heels all day on Saturday and Sunday. I. You can feel it in my body, pressed against you. You can see it in my eyes as I pull away and look at you. Desire. Suddenly, I hear the shuffling of a visitor descending the ladder behind me. I push you away, still holding your hand as you collect yourself. "Hey, how's it going?" He has an awkward moment when he realizes that he probably interrupted something. I smile back and nod. I ask you to stand in front of one of the open gun ports. The contrast is enormous, but I catch a perfect outline. Valerie was a little out of it but her laugh made all the other do the same. When she reached for the rest, Atlanta snatched it away and tossed it in the fire."This is medicinal, not for enjoyment," Atlanta warned. "You took quite a wallop from your sweetheart's arm. We're to cure that, not see you make an ass of yourself."'Shit, ' Valerie thought. 'I've got to get hold of some of those.'Valerie was the first to awake the next morning. She was surprised that they weren't in any shelter or in a. "I want to be out of bed as soon as I possibly can." Naturally, my lord," said Dr. Urey who left Sir Norman's bedside with a deferential nod that he was unlikely to offer the majority of his wealthy patients. Blue blood still had its privileges even in a fucking Republic.But shit! Sir Norman didn't feel at all well. Fever, headache, coughs and a fucking insistent pain in what the doctor called his abdomen. He certainly hoped he wouldn't have to suffer all this for very much longer.It was.