A fat man wiped sweat from his bald head, twirled his thick moustache, and jabbered briskly at his companion who replied in kind and guided him throug...h a jumbled maze of rugs and carpets. Mark wrinkled his nose at the spicy aroma of incense, coffee and assorted body odours and gazed around the walls at the dazzling assortment of brightly coloured wall-hangings then ducked through a low doorway into another cluttered room, smaller than the other which he guessed to be a storeroom. He sat on a. I fixed my lipstick after Ricky left and had another beer and watched some TV since it was still several hours before Mom came home from work. (Mom knew I dressed as a girl of course but I usually keep it to a minimum when she is around.) About an hour later I heard the doorbell ring and looking thru the peephole I saw it was Ricky again. He apologized for his hasty exit, making up some silly excuse as to why he had to leave so quickly, and asked if I wanted to hang out together. I said. That other healer stole my flask of potion," Dev said darkly."There is a tent here with high ranking or important people who are wounded, some severely. I am willing to bet that he took your potion and went there with it. I will make sure you get paid the going rate for potion," the captain promised grimly."Well, as a matter of fact, once you get your clothes on, we can visit some our other men. As it happens, I have a second flask of potion sir," Dev said bringing the other flask out from his. I was however surprised that whilst I was experiencing an intrusion into my postern gate, Maria was not behind me but to one side, one hand on my mid back. I turned and she grinned wolfishly at me. ‘Be patient, child of sin, and you will learn.’ The pressure on my entrance increased almost to burning as I was stretched open and I gasped and protested but she was relentless, if slow. Suddenly the pain disappeared and I felt myself close around whatever the intruder was and felt her tap something.