BE AGOOD GIRL, PETRA. WE WANT YOU TO FEEL PRETTY. IT REALLY IS IN YOURINTERESTS TO PUT ON YOUR NEW NIGHTIE. BE WARNED."He heard his Mother's light ...eing switched off as he began to undress.He did not know what to do. What would happen if he ignored them. Theycould make his life hell. After what he suffered tonight at the dinnertable he knew what they were capable of. He did not want everyone toknow what he gets up to. He especially did not want his Mother to findout. They might even. She looked worried. I turned in my seat and took her in my arms. "Hold me, beautiful." She hugged me holding on like she would never let go. I kissed her and she kissed me. We gazed at each other and a small tear rolled down her cheek. "There's no reason to cry," I said."I'm just so happy. Three days ago everything was so awful. And now it's wonderful."Another peek into what she was running from. Just as I was running from pain so was she. Too soon, I thought, to pursue that. Let's just be. " Ah," his contact replied, "give her my regards. The reason for my call is that there are concerns about the very public attention your acquisitions are getting via the media."Ray cleared his throat, "What did you expect? These are celebrities and well known enough to have made this a difficult extraction at best. Isn't that the reason you called on us in the first place?" We were hoping for something a little more quiet."Ray pondered his response."We don't take a knife to a gunfight, sir. No. Third off, my girlfriend, who is also very conservative, has expressed great disdain for “those types of people.” She would, without a doubt, leave me. If those things happened, I would most likely grab a 12 pack of beer, go out in the garage on a 20 degrees-below-zero February night, start up the car, put on some Pink Floyd, and slip away into eternal sleep. Whew! Well, I began shaving my body on a daily basis. I lost a bunch of pounds that men seem to gain very easily in their 40s. I’d wear.