'Interesting, like mother like daughter', and he looked up and studied my face then looked in daddies direction, father too, interesting family', I ju...t smiled meekly.'OK Mariel', he said my name, looking at my pass and handed it back to me, 'Let me show you around'.I told him it was OK, I could show myself around, but he was insistent. 'You see this establishment also has places for instant gratification', he saw a flicker of confusion momentarily cross my face.He came closer and whispered,. . but...”“This President has the highest base approval rating of anyone since W right after 9/11. So, one aide found guilty of some obscure charges. Another pleaded ... meh.”“Meh! Gertie!”“Look, honey, this Congress is ... full of ostrich Republicans. See no evil. They’re just like the Democrats were with Clinton. Hopeless.”I said, “Reductio ad absurdum,” because I’d read it recently.Pilar, “Fuck!”Walker put his palm gently on Pilar’s hand. Calm down, Chica.I distributed Cozad Dillinger. She bound my wrists to the bed posts and fastened my ankles to the spreader bar, so my legs were spread wide. Helena then placed a pillow under my belly, so my ass was up in the air. As a finishing touch, she took a piece of cloth, stuffed it inside my mouth and sealed my red lips with duct tape. She moved the mirror close to the bed; so I could see myself dressed like a slut, cleavage out, collared, bound and gagged with shiny black tape. I was totally helpless; but worst of all, I was. “Let’s go,” Mom insisted. We climbed into the car, and she started driving. It was normally a twenty-minute ride to school, which gave me time to think about the situation I was in. “I’m a girl!” was the unbelievable thought that kept resounding through my head. I tried to examine my body more without Mom’s seeing me. I glided my hand across my legs and thighs to feel how they felt shaved. They felt smooth and glassy. I felt my underarm to see that it was also shaved. I opened my purse; inside.