Sitting next to me, you begin to feed me. The chicken noodle and mac and cheese I eat fine but then comes the apple-avocado-spinach jar. As you feed m... the first spoonful I spit it out. “Lizzy, you eat all these things, though I know except only raw spinach, you have to eat this,” you tell me.I pout and you have to hold my nose for me to open my mouth for the next spoonful. You look sternly at me and ask if I want to have my first red palm added. I shake my head no and open my mouth and. ”“I don’t have one clue what you’re talkin about.”“Ok I’ll give you the short version. A guy fucked me the other day and he gave me something, or someone depending how you look at it. Anyway, this thing he gave me is kind of a living tattoo and… Am I loosing you Frank?”“Kinda, you tellin me you got some disease? Is that what you’re beatin around the bush about?”“No Frank, it’s more of a new friend. You know what a satyr is Frank? You know anything about Greek mythology?”“I know it’s Greek to. .It was a thought, right?A branch snapped in the fading daylight.Who was there?!I stared, my heart pounding like a frightened rat until a sharp pain in the sole of my foot made me realize that it had just been me. I lifted up my foot to examine it, revealing two small fragments of sharp wood beneath. After my heartbeat returned to normal, I realized I couldn't stay naked here all night long, not if I didn't want my heart to explode.I'd have to risk it.I took a moment to plan out my way back to. I opened the door. Thehallway was empty. I went to the elevator and pressed the button. Itarrived and a woman from the hotel was on it. I stepped on, nodded helloand turned away. She responded, saying "hello."Then out I went into the lobby. Nobody said a word, although therestaurant hostess nodded hello. Did she realize anything? Did she care?Then I went out the front door of the hotel, and guess what, I felt arelease of tension that was so palpable it was as if an anvil had beenremoved from.