.."I was cut off by Josh "Look I know things are rough but please don't hide away from your friends. We want to help. I really think you should not be...alone right now." Josh's voice sounded truly concerned. Beth sounded even more frantic in the background.I gave a heavy sigh "I'm not gonna hide away, Josh and if Beth wants to do dinner tonight then fine. But this isn't a celebration for me. I'm not sure what it is."I sighed again as I heard Beth badgering her brother about what was going on. I. .." Your father will be home at four, and he said that he wanted to talk toyou. I think he expects to see you the way you normally are, but I thinkthat you should become the young girl we saw last night." Mom! No!" Oh yes. You have to face this head on, because sooner or later, or itwill kill you if you don't. If you let me help you, I'm sure that we cancreate a beautiful young lady that we are both proud of. He needs to seeyou as you really want to be, and you need to be that same girl for. An example was to be made of someone and failure to attend the "celebration" might make you the next guest of honor. The general's permission for Dr. Arkan to indulge his tastes in "improved" medieval methods was enough to discourage truancy. Every officer and enlisted man, not performing "essential duties" was seated before the speakers platform. The auditorium, with capacity for ten thousand, was too large for everyone to have a good view. Provision had been made for this, too: the back wall. .. "Let me get these off, Simon," Marianne whispered into his ear. He nodded, and she briefly disengaged to slide her panties over her smooth, lovely legs. He watched, fascinated, as she briefly twirled them around a finger, then tossed them over the side of the bed.Conflicting needs warred within Simon. He wanted to make love to her, so badly, but Marianne hadn't said she was on the Pill and he had no condoms. He could try to pull out... but he didn't think he could control himself that well..