We worked in silence and as she was putting the last of the silverware into the tub I was in position. Her dress fell open and there they were. I thou...ght she was taking a long time and when I looked up she was looking at me and smiling. She knew. Not only did she know; she had been doing it on purpose! She poured the soap in and closed the dishwasher door. She turned the knob and it whirred to life. I stood rooted to the floor in astonishment.Elaine took my hand and led the way down the hall to. ?Sorry, remember I thought you would want to be in heels all the time,so that?s the way your tendons have been shaped. We?ll work on someexercises to stretch them again but in the meantime you?ll be morecomfortable wearing these.?She handed him the wedges. It was certainly less of a strain on hisankles when he stepped onto the heeled shoes to pull the panty up overhis body, but his next battle was with the pantyhose. First of all hetried to pull them on, then he remembered how Sophia pulled. "Perhaps another time. It has been pleasant,having company for a change. Normally I just sit and read until bedtime;will you come again?" Yes please," I said. "And I'd like to talk to you about the shop. Ihave some ideas that I think might help."I said good night to Dorothy, and had to run to catch the last bus;which proved to be a somewhat breathtaking exercise in the tight corset!Time had passed all too quickly, but it had been a wonderful evening,and I could not wait for the next. ..I was ten years old, for Christ's sake! It seems obvious to us now, but"THE 10 WARNING SIGNS OF SUICIDE" wasn't the kind of magazine articlethey ran back then, and I didn't have a clue. Not even when he handed methat roll of bills.He'd done this before, and my folks didn't like me taking money fromhim, but they weren't around and if he wanted to give me a few bucks,then hell yeah! And later, when I saw it wasn't a roll of ones but wellover a thousand dollars I figured he'd made a mistake, and.