“I’m just trying to figure things out.”“Well, I do agree you should be your own person,” she said, “and you should always do what makes yo...u happy.”I chewed a mouthful of casserole, then swallowed. “Fair enough,” I said.It felt like hours before I could retreat to my room. When I finally got the chance, I took a deep breath and lay down on my bed. I just lay there for a minute, till I finally texted Chad: How did it go?Chad texted back: It was ok. Dad’s still acting weird. Taking it one. Alain pointed in the direction of the bed and asked, "Do you think we could ask your girlfriend?"Ramon hesitated, then said, "I can give it a try."I hadn't paid much attention to their conversation but had caught enough of the last few sentences to know what Ramon wanted when he kissed me gently and said, "Good morning, darling."I hugged him and said, "Come back to bed, it's so lonely without you."He promised that he would join me soon and asked if I would do him a big favour. I looked at the. .."Brenda just smiled as the words became her reality."You will not remember that we talked about this, Brenda. But it is nowpart of you... has always been part of you... and when you wake up, youwill want to begin to let it out more... to look more the part... to actmore the part... of your deepest fantasy..." Yes," Brenda whispered....Bill woke to see himself seated upright in the treatment chair withJulie massaging his hair."How long was I out?" Bill asked."Oh... just a few minutes," Julie. She knew that, when he was done with his current task, shewould now be at the head of his queue. This was as itshould be: he had awaited her attentions and now she wasawaiting his, each respectful of the other's processes. Shekept all of her interruptions maskable; he returned thetrust by assigning her a high priority. As she settled intoher new state of arousal, she was consciously doing thesame for him.She walked back over to the cluster. The machine she hadpulled out was the slowest of them.