Well fuck that, thought Olive as she wandered out of the surgery past the winding queue. Like her, none of the other patients had the steady income re...uired to pay insurance premiums for health care. Most were elderly, young or disabled. Few were employed, although even those lucky ones were unlikely to be able to afford medical attention that wasn't provided by charity. And the state of their health wouldn't be accepted as a reason for not being able to work. Employers were choosy about who. How could his woman expect him to accept her touch? ‘You’ve lost weight,’ said his Lei. She still had her back to him, so he guessed she was still crying, but her voice was fairly natural. ‘What did you expect?’ snarled Kokata. ‘We’ve been fleeing for months. Running and jumping is hard work.’ ‘You don’t eat enough,’ said his Lei. ‘You need to eat more.’ ‘What I need,’ snarled Kokata. ‘Is for you to shut up so I can have some rest.’ He was perfectly aware that he wasn’t eating enough. He was. (You know SEXUAL tag where only the BEST body parts count.) After the dining room and the kitchen are cleaned up and the dishwasher is set whirring, our playful activities continue into the living room. And now that the work is done, our play gets all the more playful. That sash on your robe has become my goal to grasp and untie. You must be on the defensive to protect the sash and your modesty. ‘I guess you should have changed.’ I giggle, making a dart for the sash with my hands. ‘Oh!’ you. . some sort of trade?Bingo! Then it hit me. After I had moved from my parents' home into my own apartment, I was busy at work and didn't get back to visit my folks for a few weeks. As I drove up their driveway one afternoon, I noticed my dad had lined the pavement with hard maple saplings. They didn't look all that good at the time, but they were now over twenty feet tall and looked great. I never actually asked if my dad had personally planted the trees! I had assumed he did.Could my mother.