"I thought it was you, but wasn't sure at first. It was difficult to tell with clothes, you know, because I've never seen you with clothes before." Hi...!" My heart raced as her words reminded me. She was right, I realized. Sharon had never before seen me with clothes. She reminded me that at our previous meeting I wore nothing at all. "Good to see you again too," I greeted her like a high school kid approached by the most gorgeous girl in class. She embarrassed me. My heart raced with the. D. in the spring. Where’s the problem?’ asked Jeff, as if any idiot could understand that it only takes a year to get a Ph.D. ‘I’ve never heard of anybody finishing in that time,’ said Dad. ‘You need to take all the coursework, come up with an idea for a thesis, write it, defend it. It can’t be done in that little time. It’s impossible.’ ‘I guess I should have checked with you first.’ He sounded completely ingenuous. ‘This past January I decided to finish up my undergraduate degree in one year.. ‘I’ve had a little success, and it seems more to come. You might see my name up in lights yet.’ The two men continued catching up on old times and old friends, and Klaus made sure Steve was outdrinking him, having made an arrangement with the bartender earlier to keep his own drinks watered down. Soon Steve was slurring his words and ready to spill his guts. ‘Hey, man, you oughta see my secretary. She is one hot little slut, I’ve been banging her almost every day for a year now. Blonde, body to. .. makes you human. Your love for these women, your love for us. This is going to sound hurtful; it’s not meant that way. Everyone you grew up with, they’re ... gone. They told us that if we were alone and behind enemy lines, to lay low, hide out, don’t draw attention to ourselves. We’d find help soon enough. Son, I’m here to help.”“I don’t consider myself behind enemy lines because I’m here with all of you. There’ve been a few idiots locally, but on the whole, I feel like the whole town has.