I had never been so embarrassed in my life. I knew that they had a close relationship, but had never suspected this. They were family for God's sake. ... guess it was that last little bit of "Bible Belt" upbringing, but I was disgusted, shocked, and not able to think rationally.I cleared my throat to let them know that I was in the room, and Janet opened her eyes. At first, she didn't seem to recognize me, but in a matter of seconds, she realized what I had just witnessed. She immediately started. ’ Another moth-like landing added lipstick to his cheek. They chatted and she asked where his other visitors were. ‘I don’t have any family in this city and my literary agent and publisher are located abroad. ‘What about Jessie?’ ‘Who’s Jessie?’ ‘Jessie Chicago.’ ‘She’s not…’ ‘Oh, how stupid of me, of course she lives only in your imagination and on your pages. I know this sounds awful, but I’m in love with her. She’s such a role model to modern women, but she is rather excessive about sex.’. She looked over at Tom with an eyebrow cocked questioningly.Tom laughed at her expression before explaining, "They'll keep you from getting a rash. I'm sorry, Mia, but I need to get going. Shall we go tell Mark the bad news?"Laughing, they walked hand in hand out to the living room.The passage of an hour found Tom pacing restlessly back and forth in front of the SWAT van that had been assigned to his team. The new bearing he had gotten from Mia had crossed one of the lines from that morning. This is for the humans.EARMUFFS! Here comes truth.It seems as though folks have invited racism into the party we are having here in the 21st century, year 2010. And somehow he has become pretty popular. And he's invited all of his friends! Everything from southern-fried white supremacy, to fender-bending rittle Asian radies, to "murder-your-face-off" scary black guys.The amount of hatred that spews from the cavities of our socialism is alarming. Especially in a society that we all share. I'm.