'Big' was an understatement. It was vast. In the far corners were two screened off areas with signs saying 'Ladies Changing' and 'Gents Changing'. Bet...een them and slightly forward of them was a table with make-up on it with some chairs beside it. Half way down the left hand side was a large stage two steps up. Facing it were two cameras on tripods flanked by lights. Behind the stage a white sheet had been hung on the wall. Between the two changing areas was a door leading to the lavatories.As. I stroked her face a few times, and then announced my intent to go. She understood our duty and released her hold on me.It was only when I stubbed my toe on the edge of the large vault door in Julie's room that I thought about its unusual presence. It was out of sight of the cabin door and her bunk because Julie's room was "L" shaped. The tall hullmetal door was substantial and impressively armored with a hand-shaped biometric scanner that would open it, but only if the retina scan matched up. He was a big black sonuvabitch with a white face, and he could damn near eat his own weight in corn every day. I had gotten him pretty tame in the past 10 months, but he didn't like other people. I was in front of him unwiring his water bucket when he jumped forward and slammed me against the wooden gate he was tied to. It hurt pretty badly, but that kinda thing happens a lot when your working with 1,600lbs of beef. I wondered what the fuck had spooked him, and I turned to see Abby. "A multitude of reasons," I answered. "I was a year ahead of Kelly so I was closer to my degree and the workforce. Kelly still harbored dreams of medical school until reality set in when Kasey was about 3. By that time she had friends who were second- and third-year residents and she saw them coming apart at the seams. She was only a sophomore when she got pregnant and she was planning to return to school in the fall. She switched chemistry to a minor and picked sociology as her major. Of.