I hoped we would rob the palace soon. If I kept disappearing from my duties, Spray would become suspicious. But, for now, I had her placated with talk...of gold, and not the smaller hauls we gleamed from poorer market squares.XerathalasiaThe Rarathan humans stared at me as I strolled through the market square. Minx trailed behind me, disguised as a street urchin. She moved silently, my ears barely catching the sound of her bare feet and the rustle of her clothing over the din of the bustling. .. a lump on her breast or some such thing?“Sit down, Jerry.”This was serious, I thought as I pulled out a chair and sat at the table close to her.“You know I had an appointment with the doctor today for birth control pills.”“Well as part of the physical, he did some blood tests.”What’s wrong, my brain screamed, but I knew enough to keep my mouth shut until she got out what she was saying. I saw my mother take a deep breath and there were tears in her eyes. I was almost shaking now.“Jerry...”. ’ ‘Well then I guess I did two things right today. I’ve got to go to my English class. I’ll see whenever.’ I smiled and waved goodbye. I finished putting things away and got ready to go to my class. I felt good about the first day of class and was surprised but pleased to watch how well Lucy did. It was raining during the next class and we met in one of the private dining rooms in the clubhouse. The instructor talked about clubs and how to choose the proper one to use. Lucy was the only one. “I cherished those cherries. Not my fault a cherry stealing whore stuffed them up her bunghole,” retorted Rocky.“Honestly, with the stupid scenarios they give us, we deserve double the pay for wrapping our legs around their nightmare-inducing scripts, and to think I bothered being an English major.” Anita sighed and picked up her purse and checked her phone, trying to get a signal, “Clint, can you call me a fake taxi? My phone’s not connecting. Might as well film that scene on the way home..