" What can we do?" There's only one solution. I've been thinking about it for a while anyway and thisclinches it. I've been given a promotion. If I ta...e it it would mean that I'll have tomove to Cincinnati immediately. Marilyn will you come with me. We could livetogether and no one would know we weren't married." What!" the startled woman cried out, her mouth dropping open in amazement."Goddamn it, Marilyn, I love you, don't you know that already, I've loved you foryears, long before Walt. She pictured herself staying after class to ask him a question, but really her intentions were much dirtier. He went to her desk where she sat in front, like always, he grabbed her hand, and pulled her up towards his chest. They were so close; she could feel his warm breath tickle her face. She was confident and sexy in her fantasy, so she made the first move closer, their lips were almost touching.She imagined that he would put his strong hand on the small of her back and pulled her in. With. She's done worse than it sounds though, we aren't natural women, we don'tbleed, have orgasms or feel like women, were sterile workers of a sort. Weonly become women when we submit which is forgetting who we are andaccepting who she made us. I heard some horror stories about her killing usand then saw it was all true, I remember my flatmate Amy being skinned, Iremember a terrified Asian girl being thrown into the outer darknessthrough a fire exit Evelyn conjured, I remember my former best. Make me forget my mistake. I love you and I'm sorry we had to fight about it. Come love me."I tried and Debbie did all the things she could to arouse me. Nothing worked. I finally gave up and turned away. Debbie lay sobbing. Was that supposed to make me forgive her, or was she really regretting what had happened a mere twenty-four hours ago? I didn't know. Sunday we avoided each other the best we could.Monday evening Debbie had not started dinner when I came home. She had been crying. I ignored.