An hour and a half of pumping iron, I am walking up the sidewalk by the pool heading to my room. I notice that Valerie has moved her beach chair away ...rom the shade of the umbrella, so she can get the full rays of the sun and she is once again clad in the beautiful black bikini."Better?" she asks, as I walk past."One hundred percent better."Ten minutes and I am in a beach chair close to hers with the CD player between us. It turns out she is a big fan of classic rock and roll, so every disc I. It’s not something I’d say to any other patient.”“So I’m special?” I asked with a silly smile.“That’s one way to put it! But remember the rule for diagnosing a mental illness.”“That it has to have a significant negative impact your day-to-day functioning.”“Correct. Yours, in the main, does not. You have a successful business, good friends, and a happy family, as different as the arrangement is from the norm. Does ANY of that sound like signs of mental illness?”“Two wives? Seven kids?” I asked,. .. Well, it is in a way. He's developed a ruthless streak. Bullying, you might call it. Or assault. Highly unlikely you'll come in for aggravation. I'm good at calming him down, but be on your guard just in case.'His manner was calm and relaxed, despite giving this sphinx-like warning. When we arrived at the villa, quiet determination had replaced my earlier trepidation. If Quick took an instant dislike to me and kicked me out, I would be disappointed, but he was not about to decide my fate.. “You are inside what you and your fellow planetary inhabitants would call an alien ship. Extraterrestrial is your fancier term. You will be fine. Your daughter, your wife, they are… of course you will all undergo… as all alien abductees must undergo… try to not fret much. It actually ends up a really--”“Undergo? Undergo? What must we undergo?”The extraterrestrial guard tightened his lip and sought to restore his original stoic bearing. But the earthling specimen did not cease his passionate.