I open, and he slips something into my mouth. "Bite carefully, if you please. It has a stone."The thing in my mouth is rounded, with a dimple. It has ...aut, slick skin. I bite down gently, as instructed, and am rewarded with a gush of tart, sweet juice. After a long day of denial, the sensation is overwhelming. Tears spring to my eyes, and my belly clenches. I suck hard and swallow the mouthful of juice, careful not to swallow the solid bits."A cherry," I gasp, when I can speak."Very good." I. I had to admit it did give me a buzz.Liam was a star, he scored and tackled like a demon. He even passed theball using a spin pass. He kind of spoilt it a little by turning roundto me with a big grin, after the pass, instead of following the play. Hewas almost as proud as his dad when he was awarded man of the match.We had a happy lunch and went back to Mike's place in the afternoon. Ispent the afternoon and evening with Liam and Mike. After Liam had goneto bed Mike took me in his arms."I know. Iactually felt proud fetching the smart little department store bag withthe high class hose you know like I was helping Oona to look herperfect best and also like I was fitting into our little team and I meanwhere were all these positive ideas coming from. One thing I did know was that the longer I stayed in this job the more Iwas embarrassed by my family and their whole slack snack eating lives.The reality that I actually liked my job was dawning on me like the eventhorizon of a black hole. The symphony was good right before the start of the last piece before intermission Tina leaned over and said "Lets leave during intermission." Who was I to argue. A half hour later we were walking into the upscale "Gentleman's club". Every guy in the joint was giving Tina the eye. We found a seat at a booth. We watched for a while and chatted with the girls came around. We tipped and Tina got a feel for the place. Finally she said "How about you pick out a girl to dance for me, and I will get.