After she answered, she heard Pete's breathless voice, "Maddie, I am so sorry. Ms. Rockford said you were in big trouble and..." It's alright, Pete, I... can handle it," Maddie interrupted."Oh good," he said. His voice dropped. "Look, I really want to see you again. I mean, when we left that park I thought it would be weeks before I even thought about sex again. But hearing your voice ... Maddie, I'm hard as a rock ... I..." Pete, please," Maddie said. "I've got a lot on my mind right now." Was. They helped Casey sit up and attached a padded sling under her armpits. It girded her chest above the bra. She looked sorrowfully around the room, but I doubted that that she saw me. The sling was connected to the frame with ropes. The doctor pressed a button. I heard a buzz. The ropes strained. Inch by inch Casey's upper body was hoisted. When her bottom was nearly a foot above the table Dr. Campbell pressed the button again, and the buzzing stopped. Casey was hanging helplessly like a puppet.. The bus was just to full. Mary's mouth opened in a startled motion. I quickly glanced down again. The back of her red coat was lifted an inch or so. My eyes kept shifting from her face to her coat. Suddenly Mary closed her eyes and looked in the direction of the bus floor. I looked down just in time to see the back of Mary's coat as it was lifted several more inches. The hand disappeared under her coat along with the sleeve of a mans business suit. The arm kept going higher and higher. Mary. When we finally landed, I was amazed to see Elizabeth there waiting for me at the terminal. She was dressed down so as to appear like a normal person, wearing a beige sweater that hid her curves for the most part, and a pair of semi-baggy blue jeans. Her feet were inside a pair of ragged tennis shoes and to top it all off, she had a blue baseball cap on. Still, when I saw those soft blue eyes, I knew it was her. I got my luggage and we walked out to her car (a very nice silver BMW Z3) without.