Like I’m looking into yours. This ... this is like we’re getting married, isn’t it? Except that I’ll share you with Beth, Eve, and Dora, and I...’ll share myself with them, and they’ll share themselves with me. No wonder Beth called me sister. I’m closer to her, to all of them, than I ever was with Emily. You’re all truly my family. You love me, for what I am, for who I am, with no reservations and no hesitation. And...” Her face broke into a beautiful smile. “I can feel it. I can feel the love in. .wow..." Imanaged shakily."I guess that means good?" she asked.I nodded smiling weakly, but straightened up and tried to use my bodylanguage to tell her I was okay."Girl, if you thought that was good, just wait until you see what'sbehind door #2!" she said with delight as she got behind me andpropelled me through the curtain..............I felt the final shackle click into place around my left wrist. I wasnow completely restrained, helpless, and completely at her mercy...Well, I reflected, I. ‘There’s a joke about Pierce. People say it’s so small that the reason the town never built any sidewalks was because they couldn’t afford to roll them up at night.’ Tillie laughed at the local joke. The man smiled broadly but did not laugh. ‘Right or left?’ the man asked. ‘What do you mean?’ Tillie asked in confusion. ‘When I get to Route 1, do I turn right or left?’ ‘Oh, you turn left. It’s only about a half-mile up on Route 1. You’ll see it on your left. There’s a large white sign out. I was walking toward my classroom when you stopped me. It was the last week of school for the spring and you had just taken your last final. I asked how you were and you were excited to be done. You had all of your credits from here and were going to start taking undergrad classes online. You suggested I should let you buy me a drink now, since you’re not a student anymore. You told me you’d be at the same restaurant on Saturday at 8. I smiled, said maybe I’d be there and headed off to my.