" Juliette said as she leaned to kiss him on the cheek. "Now what is Selena's number at work? I'll call her as soon as we get to the hospital."Joe tol... her the number as he laid and thought about how this could screw up all their plans. His mind raced as he wondered if he ended up crippled if Selena might opt for a younger healthier man. He looked at Juliette and wondered if maybe he made a mistake some 18 years ago. He was mad at himself for the second guessing, not realizing he may be going. That was how I was caught, they say I had been living in the forest for at least seven years. They did not know who my parents were or where. I was placed in a cage at first as they tried to tame me and make me learn to understand. That finally came with a neural net and a AI interface.I was twelve when I was caught and it was a year before I was freed from the cage. They considered me safe or at least not wild. I had a room in a large building where men and women watched over me. I was caught. There wasn’t much in the way of valuables as far as I could judge and I’ve nicked a few in my time. Even the TV sets were old and not plasma. There was quite a stack of turntable, amplifiers etc in one room where a huge collection of vinyl records was racked, but apart from that, nothing really. I found out, the occupants were moving soon and a lot of stuff had gone elsewhere.Upstairs, again no great pictures, sculptures and odd little collections of porcelain you often see on landings. I. " Didn't you want to be a concubine?" Oh, that would be impossible. I was not pretty enough or clever enough and my parents were poor," she replied wistfully, "Occasionally a visiting Master might use me through the remaining entrance, but not often."Avoiding the obvious plea in her eyes Ramzy El-Najjar moved quickly into the bedroom where he slipped into the huge bed and lay on his back in the middle. With due ceremony two eunuchs escorted the two women into the room. Moving as one they came.