There was at least one person who didn't care if I was a sissy.But Donna had not yet begun her work in earnest, so Sandi might begrossed out yet."You ...orture them, Kitten," Donna said, turning me on not only with herwords but with her hot breath in my ear, her left hand caressing myneck, fingering my other ear, foreplay in a bar. "Yes, sweetie. Youpunish them. You put them in a hole so deep that your readers cannotimagine how they will get their sweet little ass out. And you, mypretty, are. As soon as Mervin came in and sat to have some coffee with us, he was asking for my bid. I think Gene, the engineer, thought Mervin was a little pushy, but he was used to distributors and their ways.I had my pad with me and wrote out a long hand quote for the work. I priced it way up as I knew there were many areas where I would have to back out and go around because of ravines, stone bluffs, and rivers.Mervin gasped when I showed the bid to him and the engineer, but the engineer didn't seem. ”She hadn’t said a word, but when he finished she stood as tall as her four foot ten inch frame would let her, and started chanting, in her native tongue. Some homeless guys had a few trash can fires going, so she was bathed in fickering light, making her shadow grow and shrink as people moved around. The song was rythmic, reaching cresendoes of high, quavering notes, before sinking back to the chant. It sent chills up my spine, and I fought to hold the camera still as I filmed her. Two guys. "You'll get over it, Em, you're stronger than you realise," Nat said."I want to get up, I want to see it all, I want a mirror," I said."OK, But wait'll I go get the Doctor," She dashed off, returning a few moments later with the same doctor as before."I want to get up," I said."Now Miss Owen I'm not sure you're ready for that yet." I need to see it now!" I insisted.The Doctor looked at me and eventually capitulated, "OK, but take it easy, one step at a time."He pulled back the covers and began.