I am sorry that I had to involve you but now that you have been touched also, I don’t feel as bad.” Ephus smiled at the Doctor.“Ok, I guess,” ...the Doctor said. “If I continue to help you through this may I ask one thing of you?”“Doctor at this point you can ask me any damn thing you want to. If it wasn’t for you I’d still be pretty much in the dark.” Ephus replied.“Good I’m glad I’ve shined a little light on all of this. The request is, can you please call me Quinn? It’s my first name, you. They pooled such savings as they had, borrowed money from relatives, and all four went on a long weekend junket flight to that ever popular, world capital of sin, Las Vegas.As soon as they hit Vegas, the four nuns ditched their habits, and did the rounds of all the beauty shops, the boutiques, and the shopping malls. All dolled up, made up, and ready to go, they spent the entire weekend “out on the town” in Vegas, having a marvelous time, and catching the red-eye back home Sunday night.Monday. ‘Look,’ he continued, ‘just so we’re on the same page. You’ve done the part, so you know I’m going to have to get a little ‘handsy’… ‘I’m sorry, did you just say ‘handsy?’ ‘I’m not taking credit for it. The last woman I did the show with didn’t like being touched in rehearsals. It’s her word. It wasn’t a problem,’ he added quickly. ‘I just want to make sure I know what you’re okay with. Apart from the fact that I like getting along with the people I work with, I’d be particularly disinclined to. Eventually I laid back down and tried to go back to sleep. ***** I woke up later that day to the sound of my fathers’ car pulling up in front of the apartment. The only reason I was still home was because the boss ordered that I stay home until the bruises reduced. I walked to the door to let him in only to realize he was drunk again. And he was pissed. As soon as I opened the door, he looked at me which quickly turned to a glare. After yelling at me for several minutes (not even entirely sure.
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