"Olivia was frantic. 'Oh my God, ' she thought. 'This is a nightmare. Someone please get me out of here. Please.'The officer led Olivia out of the roo...m and down the hall to a holding cell. There was another inmate in the cell, also in an orange suit."Wait here till we have your cell ready," the officer said. "It should be soon."The officer closed the door with a sharp clang. Olivia tried not to stare at the other inmate. She was a large woman with close-cropped hair and faded monochrome. ”My first impulse is to laugh at this, then I think that he is not mocking me, but that there is an earnestness in his heart; an honesty that his eyes cannot help but radiate. I am reminded of my lost fisherman. I kiss him again and this time my hands caress his fine featured face; pulling him closer. After long moments his hands rub my shoulders and my back tenderly. His strong palms and supple musician’s fingers trace the contours of my shoulders and slowly, ever so slowly, work their way. All my senses were alert as I stole down thehallway to our front door and cautiously let myself in. Ismiled with relief as the door closed against my back and,reaching beside me, I flipped the switch that turned on theoverhead light. I moved quickly to the bedroom door, openedit, and switched on the light in there.For a long time I stood frozen and staring before me insheer disbelief. The bed in which I had left Rick'sbloodless and rather chewed-looking corpse was not onlycadaverless but. You can certainly say that by now Iwas a real girl. You could not see between the two of us who was a"real" girl and who was not.The Skeleton came in one day. He didn't say much. He just pouredsomething from a bottle. The fog that I seen a long time ago was aroundthe floor and after a while it looked like a cotton bed. He told Shannonto step on it. She did with a smile on her face. I was afraid. This wasnot part of the daily routine we had at the zoo. I could see Shannonthinking how soft it.