"Where do they come for the screen test?" asked Jamal."I have a small studio just down the hall," he said, turning to the two women. "Ladies shall we ...ay about eight o'clock?" Why at night?" inquired Nikki, as if she had to ask."I am busy on the sets of my pictures during the day, but if you'd rather not..." No, it's OK," shot back Jamal quickly."Great, " said Slezak, rising, "I'll see you ladies tomorrow evening." What about us?" asked Kamon."Screen tests can be stressful, a lot of pressure to. I moved around next to her. She was still holding Dads hand and she took mine in her other hand. We sat, soaked and talked until it was quite late. It was nice listening to the sounds of the night and the quiet bubbling of the water. Dad got out first. As he toweled himself dry, he said he was going to start a fire in the fireplace. I helped Mom out of the hot tub. I dried myself off then went inside to help Dad. I pulled the drapes closed and walked over to the fireplace. He was on his knees. ”“Meany.”“Yes, why don’t you use Full Stop or Quotation Marks? You are always using them.”“Well, this is a job that only you can do for me.”“Oh yes.”"Yes, I promise you are perfect for what I want, and besides you are my favourite." Horse shit. So far you have written eighty-one words, used Full Stop ten times and Quotation Marks twenty-two times. Me, I have been used a measly seven times. Probably should have been used more but you forget all about me. Sometimes you go back and insert me. “Duncan, I’d like to introduce you to Ross Buchman. He’s the spiritual guru for most of us in the Circle. He’s also a tenured professor in religion and spiritual studies at the nearby university. As I told you we consider ourselves to be spiritual but not religious. This fits nicely with the way Ross thinks about the world. Ross, Duncan is a priest with special dispensations as you might guess since he’s hanging out with me and is only aroused with my style of dress and not shocked.”Ross.