She watchedin wonder in the mirror as in the span of a blink of an eye, she'dshrunk down to the point where the third skin was not stretched astight a... the top of a drum. Her eyes had changed colors again too, thistime a dull gray."And this?" She tested her voice, no longer the high, lilting voice. Itwas a bit deeper, almost gravelly in nature.Erma's hands were gnarled and rough from a lifetime of manual labor,and her short, plump body had all vestiges of beauty that were oncepresent eroded. We've grown up and have fallen in love. I don't want a ghost popping up from the past that could possibly ruin our marriage because either of us didn't know about it." Jerry, I'm not sure I can tell you this, it's not like the wet t-shirt contest. It's not something I'm proud of." Honey, I love you and will do my best to understand, we don't need to mention names, in fact I would prefer we didn't unless it's someone I would have to see regularly. Most all the women I have been with aren't. "I don't give a monkey's toss what the fucking hell you want, Carol. If I say you let him fuck you, you simply open your legs and ask what position. Got it?"I swallowed and nodded and the boss's mood improved immediately. "Good, good. You will of course, be compensated for these services, Carol."Remembering what had happened last time that I had protested that I wasn't a whore, I kept silent on the subject and just offered my thanks to Mr Foster for his consideration. "One last thing, Carol, Mr. Knowledgeable people suggested the hospitals were the first to fail, after them the associated emergency services, followed by the overwhelmed city services. No one understood what went wrong, but by late evening a massive exodus from the city occurred. The roads were swamped, cars traveling mere feet per hour. People in their desperation abandoned their cars—making the situation worse—and fled the city on foot. The majority never got far.In the months before, a medical crisis unfolded. An.