" Why?"In the voice that Daphne used to convince juries, she said, "Close youreyes!" Jenny found herself complying almost automatically. "Now, go de...epinto your heart. Find that spot in your heart that belongs only to Wanda.The spot which is the love of your life."Jenny did as she was told. When she got there, she sobbed and said, "It'sempty. It's barren." Look for something to look through." But-" Look! A mirror, a window, anything! Just look!"Jenny looked. More just to try to get out. He looked around casually. The eyes in the painting gleamed. ‘We’re being watched,’ he breathed, bending down to Maria. ‘We’ll have to put on some sort of show for them.’ ‘Oh.’ Face down on the bed like that, she looked different. Her brown hair was a luxurious mass of curls that tumbled wildly. The dress had ridden up, revealing elegant ankles and calves that affected him more than full nakedness would have done. Her bottom was outlined by the thin silk of the dress, and begged him to caress. “You’ll never have to put up with periods or PMS.”“But we can never have children.”“Does that bother you?”“It does. I never thought much about children until now that I know we can’t have them.”“I know,” she replied. “It’s the one thing I wish I could change. You know, Len -- there must be thousands of orphaned babies out there who need a loving home. When the time comes I’m sure we’ll have no trouble making a family.”I brought the steaks into the house and set them on plates. Mae served. At least until one fateful day.I remember I had just received my very first digital camera from my parents for Christmas a few days ago. I walked over to my friend’s house to show him the camera. Now I had known these guys for years, his parents were almost never home and so I did not think twice about just letting myself in without bothering to knock. I walked into the living room and it was empty so I decided to go up stairs to look for him. Now I didn’t find him, but what I did find was much.
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