He preferred to have a mix of women and men, but so far only women had applied. He told me that if I was interested he would be glad to bring me “on...board”. He repeatedly asked me if I would be comfortable working in the nude and I told him that, as a practicing nudist, I had no problem with that. He never asked for me to undress or anything. (I think he was desperate to get a man to work for his class.)I was a little concerned with just how this whole thing worked and I had many questions for. You’re a department head, anything you say here is like you throwing your authority around and that’s not fair.”Gary nodded, “You’re right, and I’m not staying. I only stopped in to see Ms. Campaneris. We had a brief consultation Monday, and I was afraid something I might have said upset her.” He looked around the room and the way the eyes were rolling he realized he might have stepped over the line. He didn’t flinch. He looked at Carolyn and said, “I hope I didn’t upset you Monday. If I did. ‘My God, my God,’ she kept whispering. ‘Seen enough? I have. I haven’t decided what I’m going to do with this, but it will be something. As the saying goes, don’t get mad, get even, and I WILL get even.’ I almost spat the words out. ‘I will get even. Oh my God Erica. Why? Why? Why?’ I began to lose it again and collapsed onto a nearby transit bench. To give her credit, Fran didn’t try to stop the tears this time either. She just sat there and watched my world implode. After awhile, she quietly. ‘So where did you come from before you came out to the forest?’ she asked, but She didn’t even register the question at first. She was too shocked by Zoe’s sudden familiarity. She couldn’t just grope Her like that! It was wrong! There were rules, social codes, and…and She felt them all just soften and fade out of her mind even as she tried to remember them. She tried to remember that she didn’t like strangers touching her…gone. She tried to remember that Zoe was a girl, and She wasn’t into.