I knew whenit came I would lose myself again and who knew where or who I would wakeup as... but for now I was beyond caring...4Sophia closed her compu...ter, looking toward me with a smirk that wascompletely unreadable. I braced myself for the worst."Wow," she said."If you hate me I totally underst-" Joe, you know I wouldn't have married you if I ever thought I'd hateyou."Silence. Uncomfortable silence."Just one question -" she finally said."Anything." You didn't really - you know - over Henry's. And it was in that moment, for one brief second that something caught his eye. It happened in a flash but what he saw was unmistakable and it etched itself deep into his brain immediately.The last thing Danny picked up was a pile of papers. He deftly adjusted and squared up the pile in his hands before placing them back into the suitcase. As he was doing this one particular piece of paper, a brochure of some kind, was still protruding out to the side. He gave it a quick tap to bring it into. He told me I was ready, and the next time, he was going to fuck me. It was traumatic to learn that "fucking" was when it got put into one's ass.But Rick never got that chance. Mom caught him and they had a protracted argument. He was never allowed to get near me again!But Rick was big for his age. Our father made him "battle tested", as it were, and within a year, Rick started trying to come around to my room again; but mom caught him (again) and they had the biggest battle. I remember at one. "But neither will I apologize for my former profession," he went on. "As you say, we have not as a species evolved beyond violence, nor has the only other intelligent species with which we have come into contact. There must accordingly be those who will resort to it when necessary to protect their fellows who lack the ability to protect themselves against its ravages. We may wish for a Utopia of tranquility, but we live in the world, in the universe, that is."Johanssen arched an eyebrow..