She seemed well satisfied by the end of the afternoon, but no further stocktaking was done. In the following weeks we regularly engaged in ‘Stocktak...ng’, as we came to call it. After Buggs had left the premises at the end of the day, Marguerite and I would engage in ‘giving each other pleasure.’ During our stocktaking adventures, I underwent a change of name. From Raymon, I had gone on to Raymond and from there to Ray. I think Marguerite found it more convenient during stocktaking to call out. Carl said he would pay but Lisa told him he was a guest. He chuckled. “A guest eh. Guests should be looked after shouldn’t they” he said, leering at her. “Yes” she said “it will my pleasure to make you feel welcome”. In the hotel room Carl ordered more wine from room service. Lisa sipped slowly and Carl had almost all of the bottle. “OK honey, lose the dress” he said, his speech now impaired. Lisa slipped off the dress. “Now your underwear but leave you shoes on” Carl said “I like women in. She didnt exactly look thrilled at having to deal with a bullied gay kid who was being sent to the hospital. Oh, look, an inconvenience. Thats fine. I managed Ill make *breath* sure to *wince* talk to the *gasp* police. Oh, that wont be necessary. Well make sure everything is taken care of. You do what *wince* you want. *breath* Ill do *gasp* what I have to. I got the distinct impression that she didnt care about me one bit. Maybe she even agreed with my attacker. I really didnt care and she. "Governor, it is good to see you awake. How are you feeling, Sir? Any pain beyond soreness?" This doctor had a mild bedside manner that put me at ease and made it comfortable to discuss my physical wellbeing.I hesitated answering while I took an inventory of myself. Just how did I feel? "Doctor, my head is aching, and my back and hips hurt, along with a steady, throbbing in my left leg and ankle. The ankle hurts worse than everything else."With that the doctor said, "Nurse, have the desk call.