” The old man raised his arms to the South.“Flame within us, Hephaestus, volcano of eternal fire.”The eldest daughter held a candle. Doc saw no ...ign of a match or lighter, but the candle flared to life with a crack that echoed in the courtyard. The chant picked up a little volume as the old man moved to the West and held up his hands.“Rise Poseidon, tide of the sea; flood us in refreshing waves.”Thea raised a pitcher and a cup and began to pour water. She kept pouring. Doc expected the cup to. That is a nice name for a hooker. I am a very wealthy lady, but I am tired of men having sex with me for my money. Instead, I have decided to have sex with men and charge them money! Oh, the irony of life.I haven’t talked about it, but I have been married. I’m not sure the son of a bitch is worth talking about, but I have to for this adventure. You see, I had an encounter with his best friend. Let me tell you, it was a fucking good time. But, I don’t want to get ahead of myself. I don’t want to. Stan and I, along with the buyers, sat down to deal with the paperwork.Caroline looked around the place and was humming something nondescript while she was looking intently at a piece of art on the wall. Golly – she’s so beautiful with that luscious red hair and those to-die-for brown eyes.The paperwork was done, we all shook hands and the buyers left. Stan turned towards me and asked point blank, “What’s with the rings, Rich. I see one on Caroline’s hand, too?”“It’s our way to keep from. With all the hype how could you not go.A very boring hour long talk about the future and humanities role in shaping the earth was followed by a twenty minute session where they hooked you up to a computer by little stick on wires and asked a ton of seemingly useless questions, such as “If you witnessed a child drop sticky candy would you a. Dust it off and tell them it was fine, b. Buy them a new one, c. Laugh, or d. Not care, walk away.” Or even better, just, “Pink or black?” That isn't even a.