‘Idiotic beliefs?’ he asked. ‘Yeah, you know. All this bullshit religious crap people believe. God is a wise old man who can’t decide if he lo...es you or hates you. Everyone has guardian angels, but they don’t seem to do anything. The Devil is a red-skinned horned pitchfork-wielding maniac who lives in a barbecue pit and who wants to buy your soul. You know, all that stupid crap.’ Stan began gesticulating to emphasize his points as he made them. ‘You sound pretty confident, Stan. You think you. I was holding her. She faced Suzie-Q and Larry and said, “We’re taking a vacation cruise this summer. You could go with us for your honeymoon and share a room.” My wife had an impish smile.Suzie-Q had a horrified look. “No! We want a quiet place away from people.”Larry said, “While we appreciate the offer, I don’t think my brother in-law and his wife should be with us on our honeymoon.” He grinned. “Unlike you two, we can’t get together very often and never very privately. That would be. And now being morefully and completely dressed than he'd ever been before, right back intothe lingerie, heels, nylons and another dress."We're not going out on the town. We're just going up to Mr.Hollingsworth's penthouse for dinner. Nobody's laughing at you so youjust relax and concentrate on your lessons and what you've learned andyou'll be fine," Ms. Lawrence said as she yanked once more on the corsetlaces causing them to sing through the eyelets as both halves of thecorset finally closed. I don't know why, there was no reason, but that's what I thought. Maybe I am prejudiced; but anyway, my heart stopped for a second until I saw he had some papers or, no ... He had some pictures.We just stared at the guy while he shuffled through like six photographs, looking at me first, really staring at my face, and then he did the same with Mark and Chris. It was so weird it was scary. I didn't like this and I didn't understand any of it."Are you a cop or something?" Chris finally asked him.