I will probably spend the night once or twice.” “Laura, I feel abandoned. You are abandoning me even if you say it is only for two weeks; you are ...abandoning me and you are abandoning us as a married couple.” “No, I am not going to abandon you; I will never give up on us and what we have together. I am going to have this time with my lover, I have to for me and you have to accept that as the way things will be for at least the next two weeks.” Dan sat at the patio table silent, sullen and. So, after some work, including getting Carrie’s ex’s family to watch Helene, the 4 were all packed up and heading to the airport. Unfortunately, by the time that everything was figured out the ship was just about full. Owen was able to get upgraded to a suite with 2 King beds and a balcony.The girls were catching up after dinner in Carrie’s room. Carrie picked Helene up and sat next to Shana and without even thinking dropped her top and pulled her left breast out, Helene began to suck and. And you know it. It’s just queer consciousness. Getting away from denying our sexuality. That kind of thing. There’s not gonna be any sex on stage.” “I dunno. You’ve changed the name. What kind of ‘excess’ are you intending to represent?” “An excess of political correctness, Phil. What d’you think? Now, if you don’t mind, I’ve got to test the sound system.” Tabitha’s assurances were rather wasted. When Sunbeam arrived, she, Carla and Anita were quite obviously still high, not helped by a pint. I felt dreamy,drowsy, kind of like I had in the cab, but more so. Hereyes hovered in front of me, dark, deep, driftinggently in the air before me. I stood silent, unmoving,staring back at her as she spoke. “Deeper and deeper. Total relaxation. Allow it tohappen. You want it to happen. You know it will happen.Nothing can prevent it. Nothing will prevent it. Itwill happen, Beth. You will sink deeper and deeper intorelaxation, letting yourself go, letting yourself gototally. It is happening..