It was painful but I didn't want to to make a fuss on a new job. I kept it hidden fairly well but Jackie, the lady I worked with noticed and invited o...er to her place after work for a bite to eat. By the end of the day I was moving slow trying not to limp but I accepted. I followed her to her place. It was a nice small house tastefully decorated. She had lived alone many yrs but she She was She was very gracious. She was concerned about my back and the truth was I was in pain, but I was also. I wasn't unprotected. I had an escort. Look, Baby. I had no intention of hurting you or disrespecting you (if that's even a word). It was early and my intent was to run a few miles on that damn treadmill. When Selina came in and caught me with Little One on my shoulders, I was concentrating on the situation. After I introduced her to Little One, I mentioned that I hated to run on the treadmill, and she figured out the reason I wasn't running outside. Anyway, she remarked about the screw thing. Outside the streets were quiet except for the not so distant thump of German artillery. The sound of the shell fire was louder, closer, than it had been that morning. Clegg looked down at the milky coloured drink, pondering for a few moments whether he preferred the smoother French take on aniseed flavoured alcohol over the Greek or the Turkish. There wasn't much to choose, he decided, sinking the contents of the glass.Sam was closing the lid on his piano; the girls waving as they left. He came. So just have a seat in the common room, and we'll have your dinner out to you. I have a pig roasting on the spit all day. He will be marvelous.”I grimaced. How could humans eat animal flesh?“I would prefer a meal of raw vegetables,” I told the innkeeper.“Oh, my, an elf,” she gasped, her eyes drinking in my pale, greenish skin. Her eyes widened when she saw my cock. “Holy Mother Slata, what a wonderful night. By all means, madam elf, I shall instruct the kitchen.”Thosian women, I had discovered,.