’ ‘Oh…I am sorry.’ ‘No…I’m sorry. I’m not being very clear. I’m just so upset. She’s not dead. It’s worse than that.’ ‘Wh... don’t you tell me about it? Start at the beginning. Go ahead, I have all night.’ I finished my drink and set the glass aside before picking up the second. Closing my eyes for a minute brought me back almost twenty-five years. CHAPTER 1 Starting at the very beginning I allowed my tale to slowly unfold. ‘I had just graduated from college. Initially, I thought I’d become. She went to the second drawer in Ananda’s nightstand. Upon opening it she gasped. Inside was an extensive collection of sex toys. Jade had seen Athena’s dildo before but she had never even used so much as her fingers on herself before, let alone a dildo. Intrigued, she pulled out a thin short silicone dildo. Written down the side of it was “Just for beginners.” Jade had just turned 18 and had been thinking about trying out masturbation like Athena. She checked the time. Her mom wouldn’t be home. In a few minutes, John came out of the bathroom and they sat down at the kitchen table enjoying each other's company as they ate their breakfast. When finished Mary suggested that John relax in the living room and watch the HDTV while she cleaned up the kitchen. She made him coffee and laced it with the package's powder. John settled back on the sectional, tuned to CNN and began sipping on Mary's 'special' coffee.It started as a wonderful warmth that flowed across his loins seeping into his. A neighbor of ours had noticed a quick yell, and then nothing. The police had closed my whole home off. They didn't want me to see it, but I had to. When I had the chance, I ran in to see my father's body on the floor, and his head...by the wall. Cleanly cut off. It was a bizarre scene and the police had no leads. Despite living in an apartment, we were actually pretty well off, and we had a number of things any robbers could have stolen. But they were all there. The gruesome murder had been.