As in master,” Clarice proceeded to explain.“You mean he’s a slave?”“In a manner of speaking. More like a pet. He wears a collar at all time... and a leash whenever he is not working. She leads him to the theater where he is working and lets him off-leash while he is dancing. When he is finished, he comes like a good boy and she leashes him again,” Clarice explained. “The world is a strange place. I think that both Lissa and I want to protect you from some of the stranger aspects.”“Lissa? Is that. They took a cab home and were lucky that no one saw them entering the house. They muttered a prayer as they made their room without being seen."Farah, get into bed," Maya said.Maya and Mala were discussing the future course of action when Selma and Nagma entered the room."Hello everybody," they greeted cheerfully."Farah, why are you in bed at this time of the day," Nagma asked kicking off her shoes."Oh didi, I am hurting so," Farah groaned."Oh you poor thing," Selma said, "Where does it hurt?". Now I am all pink, and towels are everywhere, and the vast mirrors, and I am so happy. My front-bottom sends me a message, but I tell her to be patient. This is going to build.Checking myself out in the lift as I go down to the ground floor. If my 'look' was any minimal, I would be stark naked!Now... my big entrance! It's quiet, some men in appalling suits at the bar. No you as yet.The Red Room, it's called, and all the walls are glossy red, and there are mirrors and... oooh, a seat where I can. The two big elephants in the room were that I’d not walk away from a girl carrying my child, and that I had a wife who’d already had her heart broken years ago by not having a sibling for Donovan. And she was determined not to have her heart broken in a similar way again, watching me raise a child with another woman while she toddled quietly off into spinsterhood and old age.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~That’s why Tuesday morning found me back at my favorite bench at the edge.