" Don't be. I've run plenty of computer simulations of this drug onhumans. There's no risk what-so-ever. Now, I need to figure out howmuch to give y...ou. I need to know how much you weigh." 240," I lied."I'm gonna need a more accurate number. Let's go to the bathroom andweigh you." she instructed.So we walked into the master bath. I was about to step up on the scalewhen Marie stopped me."You're going to need to strip off all of your clothes," she told me. As I stripped, she made sure the. "It made me kind of horny, to tell you the truth."Veronica laughed, tossing her head so that her hair cascaded over her high cheekbones in tongues of fire."It is exciting," the redhead agreed. "But it must have made Hank and Billy horny, too--I wonder if those bastards are going to whore-houses or picking up women in bars?"Linda shrugged. "Apparently they didn't screw the donkey girl, anyhow," she said. "What man could follow that act?" Have you ever thought about doing it with an animal?". As they walked in the door, Beth slipped her shoes off and went to the CD player. "I want you to hear this," she said. She sat on the cushiony white couch and tucked her bare feet beneath her as a sustained violin note filled the air. Paul sat down beside her, entranced. The music was ethereal and evocative, indefinable, like nothing he had ever heard before. The tones subtly changed and merged and wound around each other, at once simple and complex. He looked at Beth. "Who is this?" he asked.. The depth of her conversations with him had told her more about him than anyone she knew.Four long months had passed before this night. Exchanging emails, chatting on instant messengers, and even though they both lived in Las Vegas, they had yet to meet. He told her that he was only a bit worried about the reality not living up to the dream. She persisted though, and this night ... this cool October evening had been their first encounter.The bathroom door clicked open, and she drank in his.