You’re very lucky to be alive you know.’ ‘If you say so,’ I groaned, realizing that I couldn’t move, ‘How messed up am I?’ ‘Let’s se...,’ she smiled, looking at my chart, ‘Your left leg is broken in two places below the knee, as is your left arm below the elbow. You’ve got six cracked ribs and your left hand is broken, too.’ ‘I guess it’s good that I’m right handed then,’ I chuckled, and then groaned in pain because of my ribs. ‘Are you in pain?’ Joyce asked. ‘Yes,’ I groaned, ‘You could say. The statuette sits on the ground behind her."The Goddess will be mine as surely as your treasures gave themselves to me, Meri." Not a chance, Joseph!" She throws one of her daggers at my heart, to which I narrowly avoid the missle by parrying it away with my rapier. Simultaneously she leaps backwards, performing a backflip and grabbing the prize as she tumbles, landing agily on the pedastool from which it came.I move forward as I parry the spinning blade and launch towards the nimble cat. She wouldn't go near men. And she could never trust any woman enough to be intimate with them. She knew I loved her unconditionally. It took a very long time, but she eventually came to trust and love me. And when she got older, she came to me and asked me to be with her. To make love to her. She told me that she was in love with me. She said she wanted to stay with me forever. I couldn't say no. She's so beautiful, David. You know that. On the inside as well as the outside. And I love her so. We don't usually read a book in advance and then discuss it; we meet and then one of us reads from an erotic work that she likes while the others listen. It can be very sexy.”“But frustrating?”“Not at all. Look, Evelyn, the other thing we all have in common is that we're bi-curious to varying degrees. We have one or two gold-star lesbians in the group, but most of us are as comfortable with girls as we are with guys. And when we're all together listening to some sexy story, well, what's to stop.