”I was at the hospital to see it for myself. I corrected myself, not it, him. My fiancée works here, his name is Saul. Yeah, it took me a minute to...remember. That was my excuse for coming by, to apologize to him for missing dinner. It hurts him that I forgot but for me, it was a long time ago when I said I’d go. I’ve been on today enough that I can’t recall yesterday well. I did feel bad about it. For nearly twenty days I would sneak over to his house early for apology sex. For a while, I took. The pure agony of losing my virginity in that way had me screaming out. Worse was the fact that he filled the condom almost immediately. "Next time will be better," he gasped.I was so blinded by the luxury on offer, that, although hurt and disappointed, I accepted his invitation to give up my job and travel as his companion around the country. Naïve, I surely was, but he was so superficially macho, so handsome, so in control of his whole destiny, it seemed, that I couldn’t resist.My ordinary. She patted my forearm. ”He was quite the gentleman this morning, too.” she continued. I glanced from Mary to Erin and back again. The women had taken the conversation to an entirely different level. They spoke as if I wasn't present. The waiter interrupted the conversation, delivered our orders and confirmed that we had everything we needed. When our conversation resumed, it changed direction. By the time we finished lunch, the two women had decided on a shopping trip to the far side of the. "Where are we?"This room was smaller. They stood near its center, on a raised area clear of furniture. Around the walls, he saw more of the same kind of tables and chairs, and in his nostrils was the same rank stench."Good question," Darrick nodded. "I don't know. Not where we are, nor how we got here, but I've got a hunch. In Elf Home, the different buildings and levels are joined by devices that move you in the blink of an eye." We're up one level," Kargh stated bluntly. "We'll have to find.