"I think his name is Manny," said a larger child that Seamus thought might be a girl because of the long hair that 'she?' had. As if anticipating his ...uestion the child said, "I'm Laura; I guess you're gonna be our family since the bad men made everyone dead?" Indeed we will be, I expect." Seamus' mother said, "My name is Siobhan, but if that is too hard you can call me by my middle name which is Marie." Shvan?" Laura tried the name out, "I've never heard of anyone with a name like that." I. "It's just like the Gestapo wear in all the movies."I half turned to hang the coat up and caught my reflection in the full-length mirror that I normally used for checking my appearance before I departed in the mornings. Now it reflected back my image without showing any of my seething inner turmoil.I sighed, almost theatrically as my hands automatically positioned the coat in its resting-place. My mind was running through the events of the day once more, events that had unleashed a storm of. "I guess in the privacy of your own home it's acceptable. After all, she is from another universe. That does deserve a little consideration, I suppose."Rose clicked her tongue at me. "Emmy, you'll get a little slack due to your special circumstances, but don't count on that always keeping you out of trouble! Other universe or not, you're only a Mono here. You're very special to me, but without a penis I could never see a lowly breeder bitch as anything even close to my equal. Keep that in mind,. I doubt if they ever got out of the state.Anyway, the first encounter happened when I was just 7 or 8. I remember it clearly because Joline and I were playing "Doctor" under the cellar steps when my mother discovered us. Now a game of "I'll show you mine if you show me yours" is OK a little later in life, but there we were, examining each other's sex organs when Mom showed up. The event is burned into my memory (and across my ass) because it was the first time my father ever took his belt to.