“It’s ok hun, I’m not going to hurt you.” It was a man’s voice. Cara spun slowly and cautiously to face him. He was small in stature, for a ...ale, and probably in his seventies. He was dressed in an ill-fitting suit that looked as if he had found it on the clearance rack in a thrift store. Nonetheless, he was neatly kept and wore a top hat, which he politely removed and held to his chest as Cara faced him. “My name is Donovan,” he said softly as he extended his hand to her. “But, you may call me. His life had gotten more difficult lately, it showed more at nights.His sisters taunting became more mean spirited. She heard him cryinghimself to sleep every night. Allen was happy when his sister informedhim that she would be out all night with her friends. He was evenhappier when he was told that his father was going to the bar and thenspending the night with a buddy he went drinking with.The smile on her face as she told him, was suspicious but it wasn'tsomething he could afford to pass up.. "You probably have seen this before, I should think, and have an idea about how this works." We arrived on the last transport, I think. Maybe six weeks." She glanced at Vickie, who had removed from the replicator a cup of "double-double" coffee and a white concubine shift which bore on its breast pocket the veterinarian's symbol of a gold Rod of Asklepios superimposed by a black "V". "Is she being punished?" No, why?" She's nude..." Callee was clearly confused. Her late sponsor had used nudity. I had to find a new, cheaper place to live and a better source of income right away.One Sunday at lunchtime, I was waiting on two 'mature' women when one of them said, "My goodness! You're Dr. Ames from the 'Fox Run' afternoon soap opera aren't you? We have missed you so much since the show folded. You were one of our favorites." Thank you ladies." Then I fibbed just a little when I said, "I'm just filling in here for a while to help out a friend." It did make me feel good to know that I still.