“I know Jeff, most of me wants to be with you. There’s just a small part left clinging to my former life.”, she answered. I decided not to pus... the issue any further, wishing her a Happy Birthday. I asked her to leave her car open and that I would slip her present inside for her. She thanked me and we hung up. Two more weeks passed and I had not heard a thing from Beth. Jennifer had called me and invited me to her Christmas Party at work. I had told her, I would get back to her, then realized. It wasn't that much different from a swim suit. It covered more of the body, in fact. What was different, was me.There. I said it. I wanted Zeus to see me as a female, not just a spotter, or a financial attachment to the team, but as a woman.Maybe, just maybe, not all men were potential rapists. Maybe I was not the frightened ten year-old girl who was pawed at by some anonymous man at the Texas State Fair, any more. Christ! We were in line at the Ferris wheel. Ten girls, and he singled out me.. ”“On behalf of my tribe we thank you for your hospitality and generosity for inviting us here. I can see we will be very happy here.”I led Dignar’s family up to the cave and ushered them in through the barrier then took them on a tour of their room in the headman’s cave and then I toured them through the main cave and all the rooms for their tribe members, a lot of his people were already settling in and exploring the bathrooms and kitchens. I showed them the coolers and freezers. I also shower. Sonia was here to please a man she had met earlier that day at school, I was here to witness the act, a voyeur to something that fascinated me, sex, and since her return from exile, her fucking became the stuff of legend.I suppose looking back on it, I was up for it, I just did not think about it, and as we sat in the cold we huddled close and started to kiss each other. The bench was between two lamps, so it was in darkness we kissed, the softness of her lips and the wetness of her probing.