”Rehabilitation? What was she talking about?“That was nearly two weeks ago,” she continued. “You were kept in an artificially induced coma whi...le we removed shrapnel from your body. The damage was extensive. Much of your digestive tract has been replaced, along with one of your lungs and both of your kidneys. Your heart was badly damaged and had to be repaired, and-”“I’m alive though,” he interrupted, “I survived.”“You are indeed alive,” she replied, her round ears twitching as she peered down. In fact, at work, there were now edicts telling all staff not to stare at staff of the opposite sex. Of course, everyone knew it was mainly the men staring at the women but being politically correct they had to direct the edict at both sexes.Angela was a major driving force behind the edict as she had complained to HR about one of the managers who was almost constantly staring at her.Angela thought about the edict and wondered if something similar could be imposed by the neighbourhood watch.. It was barely past the butt crack of dawn and Mom was already cleaning up the smears and smudges we left on the cabinets and countertops. She didn’t look too pleased. She gave me that look that made me feel like a kid again, and not in the way Rick did. ‘Mom, I’m sorry,’ I said. ‘We came out here to get a few things, but it was dark, and we didn’t want to disturb you. I thought I’d get up early enough to take care of this.’ ‘It’s all right,’ she said in a tone that I knew was far from ‘all. Laylah inhaled deeply. This was different to the stuff that she was used to getting back in the states. After her first drag, she tried passing it back to David, but he waved it off and insisted she finish the whole thing."I have plenty my pet, I had one while you were up in the bathroom. I am quite fine right now." David winked."Hee hee." Laylah, now half way thru the joint, and quite lit herself, shrugged. "More for me I guess."David got up from the couch and offered to refresh the wine,.