Laurel curled up in one of Mar's large chairs drinking her tea, "it was nice to see them again it seems like it's been forever." As Marti'en listened ...o Laurel talk she could see that Laurel had no idea of her impact on the men. Marti'en settled in her own chair "now then why don't you tell me what started this whole situation with things not being fair towards women." Laurel set down her cup; "I'm tired of men jumping out of dark hallways at me, grabbing at my chest and trying to kiss me, when. The boys have changed some. At least, they aren't all rotten." Were all of them always rotten?" I guess not. Just the ones I saw, the ones who did things to me. When I stopped letting them, I found out there were other boys. Some of them aren't so bad." Glad to hear that. And, I'm glad to hear you say it has something to do with you." You mean 'letting them'? Yeah. Some of what happened was because I was a wimp. Not that though." You mean the rape. No, that wasn't your fault at all. There's no. Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.Common Sense was preceded in death,-by. "Then why are you here?" Travis asked devoid of any enthusiasm."I thought you might need a friend." Friends are good," Travis agreed, "but I suppose what I need is time, a lot of time. What I want, ah, what is the use of even thinking about it." Didn't one of the English writers say that it is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all," Jesus pointed out."That's a nice one to save for a year or two down the road. Right now, I'm still walking the 'how did I lose her' path..