“Gary,” said the Doc, “I got a big problem you can help me with.” “Sure,” I said, not having a clue as to his request. “Tomorrow”, con...inued the Doc, “I am teaching a class at the med school on the uncircumcised penis. The young man scheduled to be my patient has regretfully had to cancel, due to a death in the family. I noticed yesterday that you are uncut. Can you help me?” The Doc seemed desperate.“Sure, I guess,” I said, “What should I expect?” Doc explained the procedure and promised not. She and Scott had bought it at a renaissance faire years before, and she rarely got to wear it, although with her dark skin and partly Middle-Eastern background she really looked the part.Aaron proved to be wearing a black cocktail dress with a fairly high neckline, a string of cultured pearls, and long red hair halfway down the back. Scott, though, was a knockout, a virtual image of Vanna White -- he was wearing a blonde wig and a long blue sequined dress that seemed to be made of so much. "That was just fine with me. It was over, and now I knew what had happened, so all we needed to do from here is figure out how to get back to normal. During the days of silence, I had done a lot of thinking, putting myself in her place. While I knew that she was much stronger mentally and emotionally than I was... it came with the job... there was one inescapable fact. She had been sexually assaulted. Maybe it wasn't a surprise, and she had known it would happen for weeks, but still it had. You saved my life, you and Annie. I hate to see you here, but I'm glad she's back down there, because it's where she wants to be, as near to you as she can be."Jo smiled weakly. "I don't know what that meant, Fran, about, 'if I need it' but if it means you're planning a rescue - forget it. I intend to stay until the last day of my sentence. Now run along with you and be careful. Remember Fran, Angela isn't that stupid and she could always get at you through Frieda by taking it out on her. Don't.