The big day had arrived. I had been told to rest and sleep as much as possible with no sexual encounters with my sons and dogs. To make sure, Alice ha... spirited them all away, leaving me on my own. She would be coming back for me at 7:30 pm.The time was now 9am and, not surprisingly, due to the past events I found myself easily dropping off to sleep.I did awaken twice, but was soon asleep again.I got up at 5 pm and was starving hungry. I was warned not to eat anything after 6pm and shortly. ”“I do? ... I do,” she said.“Butt out Wendy ... I’m talking to them,” I said.It was an inopportune moment ... the doctor, accompanied by the ward head nurse, stepped into the room.“Who? Me?” asked the doctor and the nurse ... twins, even. Disgusting.“Not you doc,” I sighed. Every time you guys come around ... well ... except twice ... three times ... I get in trouble.“It’s the ringing in my ears, Doc. I keep trying to answer it.” That didn’t help one single bit.Instantly, he said, “Mr. Austin,. .. perfect. And mine are so... nothing."Maria chuckled. "Well don't worry sweetie. I was pretty much a nothingbefore high school too. I blossomed in grade 9. AA to C in the oneyear, and D then DD the following two years. And then I had you, myhigh school diploma."Memories told her that Maria was ashamed of not having a high schooldiploma. "You could still get a diploma, Mom," she said."Yeah, like that will ever happen." You are the smartest woman I know," Rachael retorted, unwilling to lether. Through the grapevine I heard that two African countries, one Arab country in the mid east, and one banana republic in South America had even offered to "look the other way" if he wanted to use slave labor in such a plant. But I had also heard he had declined to do business in such countries — preferring to use slave labor only in countries where it was 100% legal and above board. For the present that meant only in Capitallia. I had no way of knowing if he had rejected those other opportunities.