"I was quiet for a little while. "But there seems to be something else,"she said very perceptively."Umm, the guy? My 'boyfriend?'" Yes, Dan?" I think ...it was Morgan!" Saying it out loud made me freak out all themore.Dr. Jessup patted my hand. "Calm down, Danny. Deep breaths." Am I really straight? Or do I have the hots for my best friend?"She calmed me down, and asked me to lie back."Morgan's your best friend?" I nod. "Among your buddies, you like himbest?" I nod again. "So, isn't it only. . how long have I been a slave of Barbaria? Scarcely more than a few weeks. It is ridiculous that I should have been reduced to such a condition!Cringingly abject!Grovellingly servile!And to a six-teen year old girl.Yet it is a fact.Shortly, I shall be sent for. I am sure of it. This afternoon they have been drinking. Their thinkling laughter comes to me as I toil at menial tasks. Soon I shall be used to amuse...She-devils. She-devils.Oh how I hate them!Yet, I know, when the moment comes, I. Sometimes I’ll even sleep down there. I reached the flat rock that was buried flush with the ground right up on the creeks edge, and started building up a small fire with some sticks and fire wood that I kept down there. In no time at all there was a nice fire going, and me there roasting a hotdog. My life feels boring, nothing ever happens to me. I’m not particularly smart or athletic, though I am on the football team, and in the “harder” classes. Coming out here makes me different from other. ”He laughed, and said, “Been a long time?”“You really don’t want to know all the details.” I answered.“My shift ends at 7am, and I’m off for 48 hours.” He said with a wolfish smile.“That’s long enough for an audition. Better get all the sleep you can Doctor.” I saidAt 7am, shifts changed, and I headed for the parking lot. Sam went to take the public transit train he always rode home. He got off at the second stop after the hospital, and I pulled up just as he came down the stairs. He climbed in.