The press loved that photo op and it ran on and off for the next two years. Eventually my polling numbers climbed to a place where Graydon gave up and...decided to run against us, rather than continue to offend animal lovers as well as the opposition party.Sam was enjoying a pretty good run in his first term. The economy was growing, unemployment was steady at a low number and our enemies were taking a sabbatical from hating us enough to send suicide bombers to our shores. His re-election chances. Dave and I talked."Sit, Brindy," Dave said.Brindy had a questioning look in her eyes, but she complied. I sat next to her."I hope that I understand your feelings for me, Brindy ... for us. We want you to have this," he said. He pulled a little black jeweler's box from his pocket and opened it.I already knew what was in it. Brindy had no idea."We can't officially marry you, Brindy. I want you to have this ring, though. Carlita..." I want you to have this ring, too. You are part of us."Brindy's. She made sure to letthe sweaty overweight hotel manager know where she was going in case her fatherreturned early. Despite his obvious problems with presentation and generalhygiene the manager was nice enough to let her know the whereabouts of thelocal basketball courts. The pavements where still surrounded and heaped with greying snow, Charliepicked her way carefully and followed the manager's directions. Snow was supposedto be festive and soft. Not this grey depressing sludge that seemed to. Now I had never been one to go naked in front of groups of people unless you count in a locker room, but that was just girls and not guys and certainly not people I didn't know. But like I said, I would have done anything he asked me and I agreed. For the next week, I couldn't think of anything else. I checked out some sites on Nudism and many of them showed women that were either cleanly shaven in their pubic region or had it greatly reduced in both length and area. Knowing that I would.