"Gotta go."She said something, but he couldn't quite hear it. It sounded strangely like "I love you." He turned back."What?" I said I love you," she s...id. It was like she'd said it a thousand times."I'm glad," he said, purely on impulse. "See you tomorrow."He was so wasted that day that he had no trouble falling asleep. He would rotate after his next shift, going back to days. That meant he'd have all day and all night the next day off. He was familiar enough with hospital operations to know. Maybe cooling them down required more than just touch, but what?Chloe was seated next to Nadia, and even though we had a nice tongue tango outside, this was a display of how I treated everyone equally. I wanted all of them to see that they each held some part of my need as I held part of theirs. So, I pulled her up, but she took it a step further. Up, that is. She stood on the couch, looking down at me. Being the shortest of the group, it put her eyes just above mine. I held her and laid into. I've just put the pen down. I've signed itwith the name of a dead man. The name I will never use again.You could call this a suicide note and you wouldn't be entirely wrong.I've signed my name to a document that has ended one life and startedanother.My new life as a slave.* * *Photograph 11The setting is murky, but it appears to be some kind of stage. There isdrapery in the background, indirect lighting. I'm standing on a smallplatform wearing what can best be described as a kind of. "Was ist daran schwierig? Wir m?ssen nur konsequent sein.Und immerhin beruht ja die Lage, in die Manuel sich gebracht hat, aufseinen eigenen W?nschen." Katy nickte nachdenklich. "Ja, nat?rlich.Und zur Zeit genie?t er es, das sp?re ich. Aber ob das anh?lt? Ichmeine, er ist schlie?lich kein Dummkopf, sondern eher triebgesteuert."Sie seufzte. "Wer wei?, ob nicht irgendwann der klare Verstand dieOberhand gewinnt..." Ihre Mutter signalisierte Zustimmung, hatte aberihre eigenen Vorstellungen und Katy.