Although Gerd was only in his late thirties, he was visibly aging. And he was not aging well.Over their meal, Ben managed to get a conversation going....They had never shared a past, and Ben was not interested in establishing a present relationship with Gerd. Ben, therefore, directed their talk onto what he had learned were Gerd’s interests.In telling him about Christine’s marriage, Erika had disparagingly talked about Gerd’s hunting and hunting companions. And indeed, when Ben showed an interest. I was shocked when Mary Ann appeared outside the studio when Beth and her mother left. I invited her in, and we talked a lot. We talked about everything. It was as if we were planning our lives together. Literally, that was what we were doing.“So, Tim, have you ever done any nudes,” Mary Ann said with a glimmer in her eyes.I couldn’t say no. But I didn’t want to say yes. Mary Ann looked at me, confused that I wouldn’t answer.“I mean, I would like you to take nudes of me.”Okay, I was shocked,. "Well, after her eyes regained their normal dilation, she smiled andtogether we filled out the paperwork."I'll have a new sign," Gerry said, "on your office door by lunch Janet."Then.... "Damn you look good! How do you...no! Don't tell me Janet, Idon't think I want to know! All it'll do is make me feel bad!" She made amotion and I sat across from her. "I told him that you had resigned, thentold him I was hiring you. I didn't tell him your name because I didn'tknow it, and I certainly didn't. Wimp," she said. "A sissy. Wearing dresses and doinghousework all day long. Being made into...a freak." Mrs. Winters, are you certain that Allen wasn't a willingaccomplice?" Well, he was at first," she said. "Mary Anne -- we used to be close --told me that it all started with bedroom games, with swapping eachother's clothes and fooling around. Role-play stuff. But Mary Anne gotto like being in charge. She started to take advantage of him, puttinghim into dresses, making him serve her and her.