Spray once more, this time on the other lip, the right, then the wipe which stung a bit on the soft skin, once again the breath then that awful pain, ...nd her automatic scream. Finally then the fourth (and she desperately hoped the last), she braced herself the breath, a hesitation, then as her mind screamed ‘get it done’ the click and the tremendous pain once more raced through her body. the four holes now a sea of fire, an ocean of pain, inside and out, her lips with four glittering gold. George always found a way to make Horizon pay for things."Katherine sipped her drink and looked at Ed, "Do you think that I am pretty? I have been beating myself for years after he told me that."Ed looked at her, "Katherine, you are one of the most beautiful women that I have ever seen. I just wish that I had found you before George did. I would have fought him for you."Katherine smiled and looked down, "Thank you, I hope you mean that. I don't have much self-worth these days."Ed pulled his. I glanced at the clock and groaned to see it was way pastmid-night. Then I stared at the ceiling until the alarm roused me frombad dreams. Chapter 4. Steak and Good GumboMy 26th birthday arrived and Pete insisted on buying me drinks and asteak at Gama's my favorite bar and grill. I invited Mary and it wasfun to watch Pete trying figure out how to deal with such an in-your-face lesbian. Mort saw us and brought his wife over expanding thecrowd and finally Anne came in as well.It was a nice. The hall was getting crowded as other students began to file in. Luckily, Mr. Lambeth had arrived and opened the door before any of the harlots saw me. Kyra and I went into the classroom and sat at our desks.Being nerds, she and I both sat in the front of the class, but there was another column of desks between us. The class quickly filled up and after the bell rang, Mr. Lambeth began handing out the exams.The test was a breeze. I was the first one done, followed by Kyra. Mr. Lambeth motioned.