?I lowered my regular fee for them because, when I?m finished with you, Ihave a client who will pay a great deal for a new, beautiful and unwillingsla...e.Incidentally, the boyfriends included Fred, your datetonight.? In fact it was he and John whoset you up and delivered you to me.? ?Fred didn?t really get sick so he couldn?t come in toenjoy your favours and John was not really out of town on business thisweekend.? Your last drink was nicelytimed to kick in as you got home and then they helped. ”With key in hand, she flipped open the housing for the morphine pump. Rance watched as she tapped the keypad, shortening the interval between doses, and relocked the case. “Okay, go ahead and push it now,” she told him as she jotted down a few notes on a pad she kept in one of her pockets. “Let me know how that does. If you still need more, I’ll talk with your doctor. Now, let’s get those dressings changed on that leg and see how it’s doing.”Rance could feel the additional morphine kick in. It was nine thirty-seven in the morning. If Liz was on the West coast, that’d be six thirty-seven, which was early, but not middle-of-the-night early. Sarah let out the breath she had been unconsciously holding.Bzzt! Her phone vibrated again. As Sarah fiddled with her fingers to open the messaging app, the phone’s screen changed. Liz was calling her! Was this good or bad? Nervously, Sarah picked up the call.“Hello?” Sarah said tentatively.“Good morning!” Liz said cheerfully. “I hope you’re not. " I got halfway there and it hit me as I sat eating a crap sandwich in a godforsaken rest stop. The enormity of it all. This wasn't about a few days of first girl love for either of us. This was a commitment to a whole life between us. I knew it in my heart and I was suddenly scared to death. You kids today can't understand what it was like then. It was hard enough just being a woman, but a queer woman? They still put lesbians in jail, sometimes worse, for God's sake. Even a hint, there would.