The last I heard you had been arrested by the Gestapo?" No, Henry, I was never in the care of the Geheime Staatspolitzei. The Schutzstaffel came and f...tched me and I now work for Obersturmbannführer Joachim, Pfalzgraf von und zu Döring-Esser."The Colonel rose and bowed to Sir Henry, clicking his heels. As he did so he wondered just what Lady Johnson would say to her husband to account for her unexplained absence."But why did you not tell me you were going to work for him? And what work do you. They don’t ever really go away. I’ve lived enough to know that much.”She smiled broadly. “I like you, Randy Sinclair. You’re very comforting — and comfortable — to talk to. Maybe you ought to consider a career in psychotherapy.”“All of us — no matter our age — are going to have bouts with loneliness,” I told her. “I felt it acutely sometimes while in college, away from my family. I had never thought that my life before college had been all that fulfilling, but compared to being alone, it was. While still in the throes of ecstasy he raises up and pushes himself into me. I whimper once again from the pain and he captures my lips with his, bracing himself on his hands. I clasp the back of his neck pulling him in for a deeper kiss, and taking the plunge, raise my hips to meet his, startled at how strong the pain is but unwilling to deny him this. I feel him respond and he sucks on my tongue while plunging deeper into me. I am crying from the pain at this point but know it won't last. I’ll come to see you after that.”About a half-hour later, Chad walked into Karenna’s office. When Reina followed him in, he said, “This better not be some kind of intervention.”“Not at all, Chad,” Karenna assured him. “My assistant came to me with a marvelous idea, and I thought it might be of interest to you.”Chad nodded and sat down.“Go ahead, Reina. This was your idea, so you should be the one to present it,” Karenna prompted.Reina took a deep breath. “Well, I happened to be talking to a few.