”Beth took her hand and said: “No need to help, it has a rubber sheet.” Kim kissed her a last time before picking up her bag and walking away. O...er her shoulder she asked “Why am I not surprised to hear that?”On the drive the next morning Beth was a bit nervous, so Kim kept the conversation to things other than sex. They had salads at a café then walked across the parking lot to a store called “The Pleasure is all Yours”. The heavily tinted windows looked ominous, but inside the store was. I curled up, I was sweating, scared. Body. Blood. ****. Whore. Bitch. Skank. Tears were forming. Get out of my head! I felt so alone.I hesitated a first but finally spoke. "Mom? Mom, are you awake?" Yes honey." Mom... I can't sleep, I'm scared. Can I... can I hold you?"She pulled me on top of her and hugged me. "Of course honey. You can hold me whenever you want."The warmth and touch of her body made me feel safer. She softly caressed my hair and put her other arm around my waist to protect me.. Bert turned to Yvonne, "I'll keep my rifle slung over my shoulder so that it is out of the way. You keep yours in hand. We'll only use them as a last resort." He shrugged, "We're here to help these people and as long as we all keep that in mind there shouldn't be any need for us to do anything other than point and smile." He shrugged, "I'm sure they are going to be as anxious to get away from this moon as we are."Bert took a deep breath to steady his own nerves, "One minute," he called, echoing. The woman before me was a size 7 which meant she wouldn't have to order new uniforms. Beatrice explained that the colors of the uniforms had just been changed before the previous girl left. She was happy she didn't have to send these back for a change in size. Her husband, Kerry, kept giving me "the eye" every time I picked up an order for a customer. So far, I just smiled and delivered the plates, but this was getting tiresome. How many smiles could I give him throughout the day? Around 3pm,.