." It's dinner, Jackie. I fed him last night, he wants to feed me tonight. That's all." Shakespeare had something to say about that. 'I think she doth...protest too much.'" You've got four minutes, Jackie."I hustled to the gym and threw on my shirt, carrying the rest of my clothes. Once I got to the parking lot I searched for the Chevy for almost a minute before I heard a honk. I looked over towards the sound and saw a Lexus SUV with four arms waving out the windows. I looked closer and saw that. When I flashed him my American Express Card, he relented. We took the Green Line Train from Mass. Ave to Copley, then went inside the Mall’s Food Court for a bite to eat. There, Campbell told me all he knew about our kind over some delicious Chinese food. I ordered shrimp-fried rice with orange chicken, chicken teriyaki and three egg rolls, super-sized. I washed it all down with some orange juice. Campbell ordered the same thing, except three helpings of every order. I had never seen a person. Uncle Jim was very observant. He let the girl tease her tonguearound the laces for a minute. Then Cori felt his big paws grabbingher head, pushing it down hard against the side of his boot. Coriscreamed, her lips flattening against the filthy shoe gutter. Shecould taste dirt and something vile easing into her mouth. It wasmaking her sick, her belly rumbling while the sour bile began rising.She braced her hands on either side of his spread legs, fighting thehands pressing down on the back of her. You'd fit right in, and there wouldn't be all thatjudging from all those guys who bought your old straight act." But what about the guys from the old office?" Oh, they all knew you were gay." They did." So did I. It was those meat heads that we left at your brokerage thatbought it because they didn't want to deal with the truth. The guysthat came with me, are more accepting, hell, one of them is gayhimself." God, I was like the guys from my brokerage, wasn't I?" I know, but you're beyond.