Finally, the phone line came to life again. "Hello," the speaker intoned, sounding quite curious. I identified myself."Hey, dude!" Larry responded wit... enthusiasm. "How's it going? How come you aren't working here this summer?"I explained to him that I was now part of a band, which right now was my summer job, and in fact, was a much more rewarding and enjoyable one than counting out small manufacturing parts and putting them in plastic bags."You got that straight," said Larry. "Most of the. What do I care, thought Sandra at the time. She wasn't paying for the treatments and if Vera wanted to do it, then so be it. Besides, Sandra enjoyed the massages that came with each treatment.It was sometime during the 4th week of treatments when Vera requested that Sandra fully disrobe. Sandra thought this to be more than a little strange, but Vera insisted it was for the benefit of her therapy and since she was a friendly, Sandra reluctantly took off her clothes without questioning. That. "How much, little one?" Five talents Sire. Up in front."He released her and grabbed the spoon. "After I dine, you'll come with me. If you're any good you'll get half a talent. If you're very good, you'll get one talent. If you're a lousy lie, I'll wallop your backside until you think it fell from your skinny body for being pretentious and pricing yourself as a princess. Nay, I wouldn't pay a princess five talents. And consider yourself lucky that I don't wallop you any way because you asks for. We’re going to be able to devote the most time to a child in the next few years. Kids are also a lot more fun to raise when the parents are young enough to play with them. Those are facts we can’t ignore.”“I know,” Hailey said. “Maybe if this had happened in March or April, we could think that way. But we’re getting married in eight months.”“Oh, yeah,” Phil said with a smile. “I guess going into labor in your bridal gown would cast a pall on the ceremony.”“It’s not funny!” Hailey said, pulling.