The second choice wasn?t all that great but it was a heck of a lot better than the first one. When I finally ate some soup that he brought me to eat I...was quite grateful. It was thin watery soup with only some small pieces of vegetables floating in it. However it was the first food I?d eaten in days and I almost drank it like water."Any more?" I asked feeling tempted to lick the plate. Only my tongue hurt and my lips were still swollen. ?Why does my tongue hurt??"That?s your new tongue piercing. During sex”? Hmm. Wait on, didn’t that president get into trouble for saying “I did not have sex with that woman,” when he really had done sex things with her, just not proper sex. Maybe he should have said “I did not have coitus with that woman.” Then everyone would have understood him.This was all very interesting, but I started all this by looking up that “condi?” word and I still hadn’t found it. I was pretty sure it started with “cond” so I went back to the beginning of all the words. We sat together humming Christmas carols that we heard over the radio. We pulled up at the farm and I opened the barn door and parked Sweet Adeline in her usual place. We went inside and fed Ben. Dollars gently but firmly pushed me onto the couch. She straddled me and just leaned on me. We lay like that for many, long, enjoyable minutes."When do you go in tomorrow, Dollars?" I work a late shift, Dear. Why?" I will need to know when to come wake you in the morning." You won't have to go far. I'm. ’ ‘Thank you, dearest,’ I said. ‘Hopefully, I’ll have enough stuff to tell you that I can make it last several nights, like I did with my confession about screwing Dan and Jack.’ I called Claire the next morning and told her that I’d be joining her. ‘All right,’ she said, laughing. ‘I knew I could count on you. I’ll let Stewart know you’re going to participate. I’m sure that won’t break his heart.’ We discussed what we’d wear and Claire said, ‘I could wear my Wonder Woman get-up. That would.