I waddled, these days, and often with a hand at the small of my back. I was big, elephantine, and having trouble sleeping at all. Junior—whether jun...or was a he or a she—was bent on moving at least one of my kidneys and quite possibly my liver in order to get more comfortable. I was not unhappy, but I certainly was tired.‘Let’s go home,’ I said to Jason. He’d taken my hand again, and I looked up at him with a tired smile. ‘Why don’t we watch something for a while ... have some beans on toast. I could not recognize her as the woman I had been with before entering this hellish room. She was broken in spirit, a shattered human being, lost in the pain of traumas so great; that her only relief was in the disintegration of her psyche."Twelve, Richard, twelve. Only one more to go for you. I will release you if you win. You will be the first. Yes. Luck is going to run out for one of us. It's either you or me, baby. Let's have a moment of silence to contemplate why we are here before I press. I held my arms open and she hugged me. I don't think I'll ever get used to having her naked body in my arms."Popovers will be done in forty minutes, love. Plenty of time for you to get a shower and ... uh ... dress." Oh yeah. I'm naked," she giggled. What a difference from yesterday. "Brian? Could you ... Would you suck on my nipple a little before I get ready? I kind of want to know what Rose felt when I did that yesterday."I did my best to help her understand. Rhonda's eyes never left my lips. "The next day, Diane had the opportunity to evaluate the transformedtwosome in person, when they came into the shop to pick up the book.They came in holding hands and seemed reluctant to let go of each other,even when Alexis had to reach into her purse to extract a credit card.After closing that evening, Diane joined Gwen for tea. "They seemed veryhappy, I'll give you that, but I still don't feel right about it at all.At all. But I'll tell you what. I'm almost more concerned about Jessicaright.