Anita left them and they returned to their cooking. Athena/Karen wished she could even say "Hi" to her mom and ask her how she is coping with this abu...se and all the degrading things made to do. Mrs. McDonald felt likewise. Sometimes, Mrs. McDonald had dreams where she and Karen finally had their free wills again and ran away from their abusive Greek mistress. But it was always the same, the moon would chase after them and they would see the angry face of Diana, who was also their current. That would be somewhat random but familiartoo." Marcus thought it over. "Show me." Carl keyed in some data andlooked as his pad displayed that part of Marcus's life. "Spent a lot oftime in Asia this time I see." Marcus grinned a sheepish grin. "I guessI did at that, that's where I met Ruby." Carl keyed a few more commandsinto the pad and handed it over to Marcus. He looked it over andwhistled at what he saw. "I think I'll like being her," he said after aminute. "But I want a couple of changes I. That sounded interesting so I contacted them and made an appointment.I showed up at the appointed time and was greeted by an older white man and a younger black man about 25 years old. They told me to undress and get on the table and I did have told. Both of these guys removed their clothes and started my massage. I was face down with my arms hanging off the side of the table. They went to work on me with one on each side of the table. It was pretty normal until the black guy started to massage. And although the details were still fuzzy in my head (why was that?), apparently Janice had felt extraordinarily bad for her behavior, because she had treated me like a princess all night. She even did the dishes! And while she was doing the dishes, she insisted that I snuggle up on the couch in a comfy terry-cloth robe, sipping a hot-chocolate spiked with Bailey's while flipping through the pages of a Cosmopolitan magazine.It's nice to make up after a fight. ... uh, if only I knew what we had.