As they stepped up on the starting boxes, Ann looked around and was surprised to find a large number of spectators in the seats watching. She also saw...a group of men wearing UNLV jackets who she guessed were members of the swim team coaching staff. Earlier the men and girls had agreed that Mike and Mark would swim in lanes 2 & 3, while Ann and Mary would be in lanes 6 & 7. The two middle lanes and the two wall lanes were not going to be used.When they were in position on the boxes, they waved. Yet some new author came into being every day, and one had to wonder how they did it. Their stories were no better than mine, some were even worse, but they got a break and I didn't.How could that happen; you sent stories to the same publisher that took that hackneyed writer and published him. His story lacked depth, it lacked a good plot, and it was not that well written, so what did he have that you lacked? Had he put more coins in the Karma bank than you? Did he have more money than you, and. Now she had found a way to have sex with complete control of the situation, and make good money at it, too.Cherry smiled at the nervous boy and began to rub her hand up and down his arm in a slow, sensual caress. The boy shuddered and gulped audibly, staring at his toes."You ever felt a girl's titty, Boy?" Cherry always called her clients 'Boy'.The tawny-haired head in front of her shook in response, and Cherry pulled at his wrist so that the hand emerged from his pocket and went inside her. Bags were formed beneath each one and the sparkle had disappeared. This was a man in obvious despair.As the man strode toward the counter, the wizard noticed his limp was more pronounced. Then he spoke."I've been looking all over for you old man," Dan Marino said. "I've been to every mall in every city we have played in the past three years." Remember, I told you I move around a lot," the wizard answered. "So, how do you like Seattle?" It's cold and it's rainy and I can't wait to get out of.