’ ** Ethan stripped off his windbreaker and long-sleeved compression shirt. Now that he was back in his apartment, the exertion of his run was catch...ing up to him without the early Spring, chill breeze from Lake Michigan. Sweat beaded on his forehead and a rivulet skirted his nose before plopping on the hardwood floor. His muscles felt loose rather than exhausted which was a sign that his workout had been lighter than usual. After punching on the power of the espresso machine to let it warm up,. Traders would come to trade skins, food and blankets, it would bring prosperity. What weapons that were left were stacked for the soldiers to take. Hunting would no longer be needed, the great fathers would have agents bring them the food they needed. The people would live on their reserves with no interference from the white men who were moving westward. **** It was a strange smell in the air that floated in the cold spring winds of Laguna Pueblo that fall in 1973. It smelled of soil, it. In fact, she hadn’t made a sound. Like a figure in a dream, I stumbled stupidly forward into the bedroom. She was still lying completely motionless beneath the coverlet. I stepped toward the bed as if in a daze. It was then I noticed an open drawer in a dresser that I hadn’t been able to see from the doorway. In the drawer was an assortment of sex toys including various dildos, handcuffs, a small supple looking whip, a blindfold, and some other items I didn’t recognize. That open drawer. They were doing that right there in the office. It was happening right before my eyes, Brad. I was totally dumbfounded.”“I fired the other two on the spot, and later found out that the person in the dress was a guy who had been hired as a decorator and the other guy was a salesman. The one in the dress had not advised us that he was transgender, and he may just have been cross-dressing. It turned out that both of them were being coerced by the Manager, even though it appears they swung that way.