I looked down at the other end of the sofa where he was sitting. He was looking back at me with a hopeful expression and an irresistible grin.“We sh...uldn’t. Your sister is going to be home soon.”“The movie doesn’t get out till 9:30,” he argued. “She won’t be home for at least an hour.”“I don’t know…”“Just for a little while. Please, Mom?”That plaintive tone in his voice reminded me of when he was little and wanted his favorite toy.“You’ll have to ask your father.”“Dad, can I?”Don was stretched. It was upon us andsomehow despite living a term now as an almost normal boy, save for mymakeup, I was profoundly unhappy, even for a Goth.It was time to return home.Jade wanted to come with me to meet Mum and Trudy, and although she didnot say it, she wanted to work out a way of cheering me up.Me, I was running out of money, and I needed a job.While I was sleeping on my first day back Mum and Jade had got out thephoto albums and Jade had been shown through my childhood. She waspuzzled though. Then, all was calm, if a bit strange. Something was poking in my mouth, dueling with my tongue. I opened my eyes to see a strange boys face. We were locked together in a hot embrace. Instinctively, I bit down. He let out a howl and jumped back. ‘Jesus, Sarah, what was that all about?’ I closed my eyes and everything flooded in. I was in the body of the girl from this afternoon! I knew everything about her! Damn, she was a bitch! I chuckled to myself. Still a virgin at eighteen. But she was suck. This network holds a twice a year Praise-a-thon to beg for money, to keep the network on the air, when they have millions of dollars in cash and hundreds of millions in Treasury Bonds. And do you know what the most obscene thing is? The overwhelming majority of the donations that they get are from people who can’t afford to give this obscenely wealthy organization from their low income. They are suckered into giving by the promise of wealth beyond measure in return for their giving. They are.