I could feel the deep freezing effect, as it covered more ground with bluish ice.The branch I had gathered was of satisfying length and had a good wei...ht, but I was too far from the thing to even hit its feet.I hated to run, but run I did. I dash as fast as I could between those alien trees, tried to ignore the sharp rocks and stinging thorns that penetrated my bare feet.Why did it always have to be me, running naked from someone or something that wanted to do me harm?While I ran, I turned my. “I wish it did work that way because I could have forgiven a few of the men I’ve dated for their dishonesty,” I wasn’t sure why my Aunt would forgive their lies, but much later when I was older I realized she was joking that those guys would have huge dicks because they were huge liars and that would be a decent trade-off.“If you must know and I am sure you are too young to really understand, but it is probably from thinking too many dirty thoughts,” Aunt Sam’s quizzical smile puzzled me. She. " Compensate me? Where do you think I'm going to find an apartment on aweek's notice?" I seethed. "I'll have my attorney call you. It's going tobe more compensation than you expect!"I slammed the door and looked around my apartment and felt tears prickleat my eyes. The way it sounded the whole building could go at any timeand I knew I didn't have much of a choice to immediately move. I had alaw firm on retainer as part of my job that I immediately called up. Thelaw office focused on medical. I was also trying to remember when I’d made Tai Chi and katas mandatory. Yolanda told me she had talked about it with Hector, Tomas, and the Padre, right before we left for Las Cruces. They had all agreed that it needed to be mandatory for the men, so they could reach and maintain a level that was useful if they had to fight.All through the conversation Anna was beaming her huge Anna smiles telling me with her body language that she approved of these developments. I must say I did too, however.