" Right. So we go to Melbourne in the next few weeks and to Perth for two weeks in July!" Exactly. After meeting Sandra, do you still want to go by tr...ain?" Of course. It's safer than crossing King Street! What do we hear?" Korngold's 'Dead City', 'The Pearl Fishers', and 'Aida'." I'll have to read up. 'Aida' is the only one I've heard of." We'll just get a Penguin or somesuch on opera." Right. Anyway, I've been reading more on ravens. I was looking at the Panchatantra and..." India?" Yes,. I was scared and horny all at the same time.Finally I heard the door open again and heard my wife speak for the first time since right after I had got home that evening."I'm taking the blindfold off, but I expect you to keep your eyes shut."I did as told and felt her begin to work on my makeup, first the base and powder, then the blush. As she refreshed my lipstick, I knew that the eyes were going to be next. But they weren't, exactly. I felt something sticky being placed right below my left. ..?" Dr. Brook sighed and tossed her glasses aside again. It was a gesture Dan was starting to dread. "Stand up," she told him. They both stood up. "Hit me," she said. "What??" "Hit me. In the stomach. I can take it," she said, patting her belly. Judging from the solid thumping sound she had some real abs under there. "No!" he protested. He steeled himself internally. This was totally crazy. He would never hit Dr. Brooks. "Fine," she said. She balled her right hand into a fist and sunk it into. I'm going to enjoy workingwith you. You're my kind of guy. Where have you been hiding all mylife?" She was using corny lines a guy uses on a girl when he wants agirl to feel flattered and disarmed. Needless to say, it was working.All I could do was to stammer and stutter. I blushed, too, becauseshe was looking right at my budding chest."Are those real?" she asked.I nodded affirmatively. "I - I accidentally took my mom's unusedhormone replacement pills instead of my generic diabetes meds. By.