Perhaps it was something to do with being a new freshman just getting used to high school.Our evening was about the same as always, except that I noti...ed Ginger looking at me quite often with what seemed to me to be a searching expression. I thought about asking again what was bothering her but decided to let her deal with it and tell me when she was ready.When it was time to turn in for the night, we cuddled in our big bed. I kissed her, and she responded with passion. I knew the signs. She. "No," he said absently, "I don't object." Better. Then we strip. You strip me. I strip you."Rapunzel turned her back to Johann. Her dress was laced at the back. He untied and loosened it. The dress fell to the floor.Rapunzel turned. Her hands removed his sword and belt and laid it aside. Johann stood still while she removed the rest of his clothes. Rapunzel gathered up her plaited hair into a large bundle and thrust it at him."Carry this and follow me," she ordered.Johann could barely restrain. My hotel room is not far from here anyway. "How much?" he says.I am always embarrassed at his part. What price do I put on my body? Still it's a matter of survival. "What would you like me to do?" I say as pleasantly as possible."Fuck your ass," he says gruffly."Both of you?" Yeah. Both of us." Fifty each," I say."We'll give you seventy-five for the both of us," he says.I can't afford to haggle. Its been a slow night and who knows how many chances I'll get tonight."Okay," I say, glad to have. I went and inspected some of the skulls closer. They all rested in niches that had been cut into the rock, and they were all undamaged, complete with lower jaws and teeth. From their sizes, they were all of grown-ups, and, to judge from the state of the teeth, of rather young ones — not past my own age, the unpleasant thought came. I was not an expert, but some of the skulls seemed to be rather new to me, while others seemed to be older, and some very old, maybe several hundred years.Several.