" I have enough money now and thank you Mr. Caramel. I'll call if I need anything."I turned to June Stopes. "I'm glad to meet you Mrs. Stopes. I hope ...hings work out for you. I may stop in to say hi, if I'm over this way. That is if you don't mind?" I would like that. Thanks for bringing Candy to see me."Two days later I was sitting down to enjoy a salad I had put together, when the phone rang. "Mr. Caramel, the phone is working now. I thought you should know. I've been to see my mother every. “Can you feel it? The bliss permeating your flesh? Your body is learning to take pleasure from the touch of its master.”“You’re not my master, you’ll never be my master!”“Why do you continue to fight against me? I am the only true force in this world. Let me be the anchor for your soul. Admit your feelings and this nightmare will end. The pain you feel is brought on by your refusal to accept the pleasure you feel.”“What happened in the Disciplinary Committee office? They were trying to bless. “And you? You’d go mysteriously missing in the night, never to be heard from again. I don’t want that. I want an actual relationship with you, the kind where we date, get married, have a bunch of kids, and have a family. Okay?”“So, what you’re saying is?” I asked.“This never happened. My mom can’t find out. As far as she can know, I got caught in the rain while I was out training for track or something, I stopped by your house, and you lent me some clothing to get home in as mine were ... muddy. The best lover she has ever had,” Mindy added, and again her voice broke on the word “lover”.You’re much too young, girl.“Look, Alan, I now know about Dad,” she continued. “ALL about Dad! About what happened in Iraq.”“I lived through five years of hell with Mom, and was actually considering committing suicide when I was 13. That’s how bad it was at home.”“At the time, I didn’t know what caused it, nor did I know what cured it, but I just knew my Mom was a total bitch for five years. Neither.