Sometimes he doesn't even wake me up first. I wake up and he's fucking me.”And I said “Oh wow” and she said “Yeah. I love it though. It's like...that Sleeping Beauty thing we do but a bit more real. And sometimes...” and now she whispered like it was a secret even though it was just the two of us there. “Sometimes I pretend to sleep through the whole thing.”The 'Sleeping Beauty thing' was all Lucy. Her game. Kind of a role play thing really but mostly in her head. We all did different role plays. And there's a new package of pantyhose. Call mewhen you're ready and I'll help putting on your hose."A small voice called back, "Yes, mother, I'll let you know, but I'm sureI can manage."Lisa nodded and smiled to herself. Manage, indeed, she thought. Shewas willing to bet he had tried on her panty hose or Lindsey's tightsbefore."Oh, and don't go around in your stocking feet, put on your slippers.I'll be with you in a little bit."Frankie sighed as he knew his worst fears were confirmed. This. He had things to do, and places to go. He thought it would be a good deed to spend an hour with some old veterans, before he rushed off to attend to the rest of his life."Twenty-five or thirty years ago, it was a legal and accepted practice to say the Pledge of Allegiance in our public schools," the old man explained in his unsteady voice. "Public schools are responsible for the majority of our youth getting educated, and prepared to lead our country in the future. That is where our youth were. She wants to study in America for an advanced degree. She deserved to live on, not die in a shithole like this. Amira coughed, and a trickle of blooded exited the corner of her mouth. The punctured lung seeped blood into her lungs, and the other bullet wrecked tremendous damage in her abdominal area. She was bleeding to death internally, and there was nothing he can do. The only thing he can do was hold on to Amira and feel the blood drain from her body. Tears washed some of the pepper juice.