Rachel parted her legs a little wider, her soft deep breaths drifting down to him from above him. He was deliberately taking his time. He placed a th...mb on the inside of each ankle and slowly pressed into her legs as he let his hands travel up; he felt goose pimples erupt as he gained height. When he reached her thighs her felt her tremble and her tummy tensed as he hooked his thumbs under her thong then casually, lazily dragged them down to reveal a bald, naked mound before his nose. Jim. We say, "Mama!They talk more.I want Mommy to pick me up. Mandy wants Mommy to pick her up. We want it,we want it.They stop talking. Mommy picks us up. Mommy grunts. We're big.Mommy walks with us. Mommy talks to us with nice-nice-voice. Mandy and meare happy.I like Mommy's pretty necklace.We get to where Mommy sits and looks at book-with-no-pictures.Mommy puts Mandy and me on blanket.I pee. Make pooffiness warm.I tell Mommy, "Ma-ma wuwupeepee bogobobu."Mandy giggles. She smells. I giggle.Mommy. The first downtown grocery store any of us could remember. It did a strong breakfast — office workers grabbing bagels and coffee. Lunch was even better — a long salad bar, prepared meals, sandwiches, pizza slices.But mainly it was a grocery store. Upscale, with olive tastings, cheese samplings, an aggressive wine selection.Walker and Pilar would then catch the free streetcar back to the Wrigley. Under an hour, often closer to half that.And they applied the same cheerful efficiency to the to-go. I've met with them several times. A few choose to remain in burqas, a few have their head free, most have chosen to wear head scarves. It's so nice to see their faces. I think that's the most evil part of a burqa, shutting down a woman's ability to express herself emotionally through her face. Perhaps that's why Bel'dar insisted on it originally. He thought it would be easier to enslave and dehumanize them that way.And the world evolved. What followed was a month of frantic political and.