By the way, the surgeons said you did a hell of a job on Jack.”I asked, “Where is he?”Colonel Maggie said, “He’d be in your room if we could...get him to stay in bed long enough that he could get off the shots for pain. I never realized he was such a pansy about pain.”I quickly thought and replied, “Jack can be funny: Some things don’t seem to bother him at all, but when his ‘prides’ been hurt he always complains.”Colonel Maggie laughed, “‘Pride’, now that’s a funny name for his flabby ass.”The. Alice believed -rightly- in the rights of the individual to live the lifestyle of their choice, or to change it at will. Something that no government or social institution had ever fully supported in known time. That included the right to choose who you made love with, if that other person also decided freely to perform the act. The choice of acts was also to be freely determined by a unanimous decision between those indulging in them.Rape was not a free act. Forced sodomy was not a free act.. While we walked, Riley asked me how I was feeling. She actually seemed to genuinely care about the situation with Ashley even though she was still mad at Ashley."What about Gene? I haven't seen her much since, um, that day." Riley said, making us both think of the afternoon I'd taken Riley's virginity in a classroom as part of a bet."She's fine. She modeled for me yesterday. Izzy modeled for me too, but working with Izzy is always..." Like playing with fire?" Sharp, acid-coated fire." I added,. End of story. You might look at the effects on you -- and Dan..."Judith's eyes popped. "What are you implying?" What have you been giving Dan? What Momma gave Daddy? Clearly, that was a lot less than she was capable of. She had the excuse that she was hiding something from him -- do you have an excuse?" Dan's a womanizer, among his other faults. I was a fool not to see it," Judith muttered."Is that because he's not getting something at home?" Maureen prodded. "I like sex -- a lot. And I think I.