"I told Nicky about you when we spoke on the phone last night and she'dreally like to meet you, but I told her that it would have to be yourdecision. ...ven I still get confused after all these years. I think ofher as my son but I'm always careful to refer to her as 'she', I supposeyou can see how difficult it is?" Um, is Nicky still... I mean has she had the..., the, or rather an,operation." Nick stumbled over the question in his mind, not sure how tophrase it."Oh my dear," she giggled. "Do you. Kendra turned to my easel.“It’s obvious to see where Arthur works,” she said. “Is this where I’ll sit for my portrait?”“It can be. We can do it almost anywhere,” I said.“In fact, we’ve done it almost anywhere,” Annette quipped. “He did our nipples in bed.”“Are we talking about painting or sex?”“Yes.”“That’s the second time I’ve heard about this nipple thing. Somebody has to explain.”I pulled out the portfolio where I was keeping the drawings and watercolors. Kendra sat on the sofa next to. "Do you believe me?" I said sitting up for a second."Of course, I do. I mean the way you described this guy, who knows what heis capable of."Again, I burst into tears, this time just grateful for Greg's support, foranyone's support in that moment. I leaned forward and hugged him again. Thistime he held on a little tighter and I could feel his hand heading down myback. "So what's with the name Kimberly, though?"When he said the name, that same feeling spread across my body and the buttplug,. Of course getting the unit allocated was just the first part of the admissions. I had to qualify for the monthly fees, which turned out to be damn high. My jaw dropped when I was told it would cost almost three thousand dollars a months to stay in the studio apartment that I was going to buy for cash. My Social Security and retirement plan together still left me short. Tom Trench came to the rescue again. He could start the draw on the annuity immediately, so that I could get enough to off set.