Laura was reluctant to sit on the dirty toilet seat, so she squatted, holding her ski suit around her thighs as she hovered over the dark opening. She...shivered as her piss gushed into the holding tank."Shit," she thought as she finished up, finding a scrap of tissue in her purse to wipe with. "The way this trip is turning out, the 'ski lodge' will probably turn out to be a lean-to made with old tree branches."She left the smelly outhouse and hurried back to the group as fast as the slippery. It clearly hurts you as well. I must admit that I deserve some of the pain, in spite of my rather noble work. I have betrayed our vows, our marriage, and I could make excuses, such as loneliness, but there is clearly no ‘loneliness’ clause in marriage vows, is there? Yes, I was ... and am ... unfaithful to you. With my boss, the chief surgeon.I don’t know if you’ve been unfaithful, too, but I doubt it. You’re the sort that would confess almost right away if you lapsed as I did. I must confess. It wouldn’t be bad for her to get to know more people, too. There would be plenty of times I couldn’t be with her, and leaving her alone with my friends wasn’t a good alternative. Eve wasn’t the only person who could see her vulnerability, and they weren’t above probing and picking on weakness, though I hope they would know better than to go as far as Eve had. It might also do Syl some good.“So have you calmed your tits about your new girlfriend?” asked Kira.Megan laughed.“She’s not my. When he had met her, he had experienced a huge spurt of creative energy, and now that she was gone the well was dry. Terry guessed that maybe all that shit about muses was right after all.He drifted through the next day, pacing around his room like he was going somewhere, continuing his diet of instant noodles, deflecting Naomichi's inquiries about his progress. And then, around 6 PM, the hour when day declines into night, he got the call.His phone buzzed, coming to life on his desk with a.