“I’m getting OLD,” Katy groaned. “Is Bethany all settled?”“In the house,” I said, “but work is going to take months, I suspect. She’... doing everything herself at the moment. I need to put the arm on a few more lawyer or doctor friends for donations so she can at least hire a part-time counselor to help her.”“She’s doing that much?”“It’s not just rape,” I said. “Any kind of sexual abuse, unwanted pregnancy, STDs, birth control, all of that kind of stuff. The psych staff was doing rape. My last few clients were uneventful and I headed home. My plan was to make dinner for my husband and jump him. I decided to leave the toys in for him. I sang as I made dinner, confident in the knowledge that no one could hear how off key I was. Suddenly I turned and he was just standing there. I squeaked and jumped about a foot “Where did you come from?” I demanded. “I just walked in and you had the music up so loud that you didn’t hear.” He winced and shook his head “How did I marry a woman. Kelly stood up and paid both of the stylists. She tipped themappropriately, while Steve, Karen, and Courtney stood by the chairs inthe front of the shop. Kelly walked back to them, and she placed them back in the car. As sheturned the key in the ignition, she turned back to her daughters andasked, "Do you girls want to go and buy clothes for school?" Ye...yes," Courtney stammered. "Yes, let's go," Karen screamed. Steve sadly nodded his head as the car drove off to the store. Theyreached the. No problem there. My two sisters had loads of friends, and if they were anything like Liz and Katie, they were always in need of pocket money. I walked Fido a couple of times a day and made a point of calling in with him at the family home whenever I thought that Liz and Katie might be around. The girls always made a big fuss of him and it wasn’t long before they both insisted that they themselves took him over the park where they would allow him to run freely. One day when sitting in the.