The address was an imposing granite office building in the heart of thefinancial distract. I'd been there many times in my former life,although now I...had to wait in line and sign in with a girlish hand atthe security guardpost. Then it was another line for a crowdedelevator, and at first I didn't realize that the men were all waitingfor me to get on first...one of the perks of being a woman! Thedownside was feeling their eyes undress my body in unison, and I staredat the lights above the. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised because I used to see him and Daddy both hitting their wives but I was. He said since I wasn’t no use to him any more to pack my shit and get out.I packed up and took off. I remembered that old shed and went there that night planning to sleep on the couch then find a job and a place to stay for good. Well, I looked all over town and couldn’t find work. I managed to stay in the shed and eat garbage from the bait shop for almost a week before Bert caught me. He. Putting expectations on it won’t help,” Greg said.“I know. We went to Karate lessons yesterday and Ted was really down about the situation with his parents,” Harry said.“How did the lessons go?”“We did a few exercises. Then we all stood in a line and punched the air. It wasn’t exactly what I expected,” Harry answered with a negligent shrug of his shoulders. The fact was that he had been very disappointed with the lesson.“Give it some time,” Greg said sitting back in his chair. He gestured to. Alouette, gentille Alouette. Al-Claude sighed. The repetitive song... thing had started a month after the party. The syn never seemed to know more than a few phrases, but she'd cycle through them over and over in her head- trying to keep him out, or perhaps take her mind off the situation.The little exercise annoyed the hell out of him.Sweat accented Renee's exhausted body as the vibrations did their work. She pulled herself half-heartedly off the staff, but her overworked muscles shuddered at.