The dog licked speculatively at her thighs. Shelly pressed her knees outward until the muscles ached. It was the only part of her pinioned body that s...he could move... her knees... and she strove frantically to press them away from the cold probing nose of the beast at her loins. The effort was a vain one for the dog's head followed the scant inches of her move with little effort. She fluttered her knees back and forth, hoping to discourage his eager sniffing, but the movement only caused her. And you can’t get much at a time, not and carry it on a bus. You breaking down here is like a gift from God.”It hit me what a captive market this could be. I asked her if she thought I could sell if I showed up the next Saturday. Instead of being happy she frowned. “You could bring three times what you had today and go home empty in three hours. But this is a bad neighborhood, white boy, like you would stick out like a sore thumb. Wouldn’t take long for the homeboys to notice you. I wouldn’t if. I did little pen sketches of her friends riding and gave them to the girls as a remembrance. Their parents were duly impressed when they found out who did the sketches. I got thank you notes and invitations to dinner as a family, so we all went. I was impressed with the mansions, and one hak a very nice art collection. There was probably twenty-million-dollars’ worth of paintings hanging on the walls.One woman commissioned me to do a family portrait but she wanted something other than the usual. He enjoyed freedom--not so much political freedom, which didn't interest him terribly--but freedom to go and do what he pleased when he pleased.Ahmed was also shocked by the very different attitudes about sex compared to his old home. He was surprised at how easily available graphic pornography was. And, living in a town with a large liberal arts college, he was amazed at how provocatively the young women dressed and acted. One of his favorite activities was to go to the coffee house and watch.