"May I make some suggestions?" You might as well," sighed Claire. "I can't seem to decide what to do. I haven't done this sort of thing much." You jus... let Tanya take care of everything," said the clerk, speaking of herself in third person. "We'll make this a memorable occasion for both of you."In the end, Claire left with things she would never have chosen on her own. She was mildly surprised that the dress was actually quite modest in some sense. It was tan, the color of buckskin, to go with. There was a film called "Blackboard Jungle" that was condemned by the Vatican as too obscene for practicing Catholics that dealt with the difficult themes of gangbang sexual assault and bullying. It was way ahead of its time and had erotic overtones that were more implied than actually photographed.The rape victim in the film was the pregnant wife of a schoolteacher accosted on the staircase of a public school in New York City. It did not do well at the box-office and the actors involved would. Ifen ya don't back off real quick like, I aim ta put a bullet inta yer gut what will stop ya from hurtin' me."I could tell from the turmoil in his mind that he had no intention of backin' off. He had forgotten everythin' except the pleasure he was gonna derive from beatin' me near ta death. He didn't plan on killin' me directly, he was just gonna beat me 'til I had no chance of survivin'. His mind said that he had done that afore now, an' he figured himself ta be a real master of the art.I. Green eyes. I didn't ever accept that I just might have a fetish. Seeing that package, I admitted it to myself. It didn't need it to be a fetish, though. She was just cute.We burbled along at altitude, the Continental engine not missing a beat as miles passed underneath us."This is just a get-together, right?" I asked."Uh-huh. Tomorrow me and my sisters and Susan's mom are going to Nashville to get Susan a dress to get married in." One of those 'Princess Di" things?" I was wondering if that was.