”“And you promise to come visit?” I asked.“Yes, I’ll come when Kathy and Kurt come, but I need time away from here. Away from you.”I sighe..., “I know. And that sucks. You know I hate this with every fiber of my being.”“Me too, but what else can we do?”I shook my head and took Bethany in my arms. We hugged tightly, then parted without even a kiss. It was depressing, but I knew that there was no other way. Maybe, at some point in the future we could rekindle our friendship, but for now, I wondered. . And opened the folder where i had hidden it. She saw this and suddenly said.. So you watch porn. I was just testing you. When my friends said that yo watch porn i never believed.. Now i understood. Wait until your mother comes. Manh!! I was dumbstruck. I dint know what to do. I started telling her not to tell anyone.. She was not in a mood to listen. I suddenly pushed her to my bed and tied her to the bed with my bed sheet. I was successful in doing so with great difficulty.. I locked my room. I lay on the plush carpeting wearing only pink panties and socks,feeling dumb.The bathroom door swung open and Harmony rushed in. "You okay, Cessy? Iheard a scream---" Harmony stopped, staring at my nude chest. "Oh, I--sorry! I didn't-- you okay?" she stammered as she helped me up. "I'm A-OK, Harm!" I said in a weak imitation of the girl I was impersonating asI reached for my tee shirt to cover myself. "I fell, I'm still a littleshakey from today," I said, pulling the shirt over my bouncing. Unheard, unseen ... nothing to see here, nothing to see ... move along, move along.The men ... one was an electrician ... magician more like ... in a different life, a better place, a better time. All gone now, flown like a great horned owl from tree to meadow and back, a life clutched in a claw, now ripped open with with beak and swallowed. Soon to litter the floor beneath his tree ... a skull wrapped in fur. The men had nothing.They had power and lights ... light ... thanks to the magician.