Tasha was down, and a week later my wife and I checked in to a five-star hotel. We set up things in the room and went downstairs to the bar after text...ng Tasha to let her know we were ready for her. It took about an hour for her to get there, but when she walked in, she looked great, wearing a tasteful leather dress, perfect makeup, and every hair in place. We were dressed nicely as well, and I let the girls sit together so they could get acquainted. After we finished out drinks, I closed our. . your body haschanged. You now are a woman."That floored me. It explained why my voice sounded so different, and whyI had been restrained hand and foot for the weeks since I came out ofthe coma, except for physio sessions, when a therapist or two werealways holding my arms. I had thought that the huge tent on my chest wassome kind of medical device sitting there. I could certainly feel itsweight. The restraints had come off the prior night, and I had a veryconfused exploration of my body with. It was strange how normal it felt. Hearing it a second time. Not seeing but his words from before echoing in her head. Knowing another life was ending out there. Beyond her hood. A pair of lives that moments before had held the same potential as her. The same as her. Her trapped there held in place by her own body. What was her potential now? She was like them. Just meat. Something to be consumed. She thought back to his cigar on that first night. About how he had snubbed it out when he was. ’ Eldon wasn’t sure how to respond. Their relationship had been special to him, too. The thing was, when his wife took ill, he went through a period of tremendous guilt over what he and Joan and had done. Jean never knew about them, he was sure of that, but the fact he’d cheated on his wife continued to bother him for a long time, even after her death. ‘You look sad,’ Joan commented, bringing him back to the present. ‘Just thinking about things,’ he said. ‘Did…did Jean know ever…know?’ Joan.