“Morning mum,” I said as I poured myself a glass of orange juice.“Morning Em,” she said sweetly coming over giving me a quick kiss on the chee... as she set the pancakes and syrup in front of me.“Hey mum! Can I have some money, please?” I asked, eating the pancakes, “I need to buy school supplies and some clothes.”“Sure baby,” she replied without turning around, “I will give you $200 after breakfast. Is that okay?”“Couldn’t you like give me $300?” I asked hopefully, knowing full well the. Hell, I am almost there now, I feel that I only got around it a small bit. I forgot that you are as alive as I am, I am truly sorry that I hurt you as I did.”Tempro appeared before Kimison his mouth hanging open. The colonel was apologizing to him? “Sir, there is no need to...”“Yes, there is, you are alive, you deserve to be treated that way. Not like a machine that is only to be used, then left alone. Alone, to only be used when the need arises I have been there Tempro, locked away ‘til the. Softly I pad into my bedroom and undress, peeling off my clothes and underwear before pulling my too small nightie over my head and climbing into bed. Im not tired just yet. My mind is racing with meaningless thoughts and to shut them up I slowly slide my hand down under my duvet. I rest my hand on my leg, allowing it to warm up after flinching from the coldness at first. I daydream, thinking about the love of my life again, a man careful enough to understand that I want to be touched. I dont. Even pajamas were a thing of the past as the entirely nude residents of the household took their seats at the long dinner table in the hall. Frank sat at the head of the table, but Damien sat opposite him, which wasn’t a bad place to be these days. Yes, even Frank Pezzo, the patriarch of the tribe, was naked as a jaybird at breakfast, and no one thought to worry about it at all. Jim sat at his right hand, whereas Harold was to Damien’s left and Eldritch to his right.Most of the other spots were.