Blind Date

[Maid of Marvels]

Purple haze all in my brain...

Oh. Oh. Ohhhhh! This is not happening! It has to be a bad dream.

Clutching my head I struggle to sit up as the scene before me unfolds. I am sooo going to own this hospital, I think. First Nelly throws me through a window, then I'm threatened with enemas and forced to watch some weird sexual ritual between Nurse Honda and her jellyroll man.

Slipping off the table unnoticed, I tiptoe toward the door to let myself out. LOCKED!! Now what the hell am I going to do?? I look frantically around the room for sign of any keys. Why in the world would there be locks requiring keys in this room?? What the hell kind of sadistic monster was that woman?

Just as I spot the keys, I hear a rattling on the knob and banging on the door. Dr. Grimes! Saved at last! He'll help me!

"What's going on in there! Mrs. Murphy?? Are you all right? Someone get this door open right now! What the hell is going on in there??"

 

[Tibxo]

Tim

"Are you sure you okay?" I ask Kelly. " I feel so guilty about what Kate did." We are at the hospital where Kelly has just had her nose fixed up after that vicious attack by Kate.

"It's wasn't your fault." She says to me sweetly. "You aren't responsible for the actions of your oafish wife."

Wife!!!

The thought makes my body shudder.

"I know! But she had no right to attack you like that." I tell her.

God! She's attractive!

She smiles at me.

"You are so sweet." She tells me as we walk down the corridor. "What I don't understand is that how can a nice guy like you be married to such a harridan?"

I want to tell Kelly that I am not married to her. That this is all an eloborate ruse concocted by my wife to con the television network out of some money. But even if I have the guts to tell her, I am cut off as one of the camera men comes running up.

"Ms Brians!"

"Yes, Jerry? What's up? Is there a problem?"

"Erm... yes. It's Mrs Murphy. There has been an incident and Mr Addams wanted me to get you."

It takes me a few moments to realise that the guy is talking about you-know-who!

What has she been up to now???

"What has happened?" I can hear the sigh in her voice.

"She's locked up in a room with a nurse and a security guard, and from the sounds coming from inside, they seem to be having some type of orgy in there."

"What!!!???" Kelly's face has gone red. "I don't believe this!!! Where is this room?"

"T-this way." And the camera man quickly takes down another corridor where a group of people are crowded around a door.

"It's no use. We can't open the door. It's locked from the inside." The man talking looks like a doctor since he is wearing a white coat.

"Tony! What the hell is going on here?" Kelly does not look at all happy. The man she is talking to looks pleased with himself though.

"Kelly, darling. It's alright. Everything is in hand. Kate is simply locked in that room and we are arranging for someone to open it."

We don't have to be standing near the door to hear the chorus of groans and moans that are coming out.

What is going on in there??? And is that Kate's voice I can hear???

"Ah! Here's our saviour now!" The man who is talking to us, Tony Addams, points to a woman dressed in a guard's uniform coming down the hallway towards with a set of keys in her hands. Her identity badge says that she is called Martha Griddle.

"But you just can't open the door, Tony. We have no idea what's going on in there. This is a family show for Christ's sakes! I've got to speak to RJ about this." I hear Kelly protest.

"Sorry, Kelly. Already done it and he wants whatever's going on in there to be shown on the air." Then he turns to me and says: "I must admit, Tom. Your wife's a firecracker. RJ says that since the show started a few hours, we are already winning the ratings."...

 

[Maid of Marvels]

I hear you knocking but you can't come in...

I glanced over my shoulder at Nurse Hooda and the guard who seemed oblivious to all that was going on around them. "That is just not right," I said closing my eyes against the site of the guard's big old meaty butt rising and falling between the Amazon's legs.

I turned back to the door, jiggling the doorknob and hollering, "Get me the hell out of here before I really do get sick!"

The sound of a woman's voice on the other side told me not to get my buns in an uproar that she had the keys and would have the door open in a jiffy. As far as I was concerned a jiffy wasn't fast enough. The sounds of howling and grunting coming from the freak show behind me was really getting scary.

"Goddammit! Open this frigging door... " The door swung open and a female guard stepped through. If looks could kill... The look on her face would have totalled a city block. I ducked out of the way as she screamed, "Dwayne? Dwayne Griddle is that you??"

 

[Tibxo]

Tim

When we see the sight that is presented to us when the door is opened, it almost makes me want to become a priest!

"Dwayne? Dwayne Griddle is that you??" The security guard bellows with a voice that could cause tall buildings to collapse and for a moment, and for only a brief moment, I wonder if there are worst women than Kate out there.

Throwing Kate to the floor, the burly guard storms into the room. Dwayne, obviously the naked guy who is now desperately trying to break away from the clutches of the equally naked woman. Neither are a pretty sight.

"Er.. Dear! This isn't what you think!" I hear him say lamely.

"What!!!??? That's isn't what you just tol' me, honey!" shouts the black nurse.

"Shut up!" bellows the guard. "Dwayne! What the hell are you doing naked with two wimmen???"

Two???

Then I see her grab Kate.

Behind me, I can still hear Addams shouting to the cameraman to keep filming...

 

[Maid of Marvels]

Just as I thought it was safe to...

try to escape unnoticed from this madness, the security guard who is doing all the shouting hoists me up over her head in a helicopter spin. I can just picture what's coming next as she begins to spin me around. I close my eyes and open my mouth ready to scream when a loud voice bellows over the cacaphony in the room.

"PUT THAT WOMAN DOWN NOW! DON'T YOU KNOW SHE'S PREGNANT??"

"Pregnant?"

"Who's pregnant?"

I opened my eyes to look around just as the prettier half of the Samoans stops in mid-revolution. I find myself staring into Kelly Bryans face, like a badly spun Coke in a game of Spin the Bottle.

The two of us lock eyes and in unison scream "You're PREGNANT??" Tim's face begins to turn a lovely shade of seafoam green as Dr. Grimes pushes his way through the crowd and glares at the Griddle woman.

"Put her down NOW! And all three of you go collect your pay. You are FIRED!!" He shouts as he places his arms around me gently. "Are you all right, Mrs. Murphy?"

"I'm fine," I replied. "Just get me the hell out of here before I floor that bitch, pregnant or not."

Dr. Grimes begins to chuckle. "Oh. No, no, no Mrs. Murphy. You have quite misunderstood. It's you that's pregnant. Floor that bitch... hehehe... You really crack me up."

From behind me somewhere I can hear a high keening wail as Dr. Grimes leads me from the room.

Mistaken case of cheekiness all fixed.

 

[Tibxo]

Tim

She's p-p-p-pregnant!!!???

Then everything is spinning and I black out...

 

[Tibxo]

Tim

"Oh. No, no, no Mrs. Murphy. You have quite misunderstood. It's you that's pregnant...pregnant...pregnant...pregnant...pregnant...pregnant..."

Then I am sitting up in bed, my body shivering.

It is only a dream...

Giving a huge sigh of relief, I lay back against the headboard.

Headboard?? I don't have a headboard!...

 

[Maid of Marvels]

Oh baby! Oh BABY!! OHH!!!

"It's you that's pregnant."

Those four little words are just beginning to filter through my brain when I hear...

"Let's get a close-up of this boys!!

"Back off, Jack!" I scream, swirling around with my fists up and ready. And back off he did. I could have been a contender. I could have. But NOOOOOOO!! I had to be... PREGNANT?!?!

"There has to be a mistake... " I pleaded with Dr. Grimes to tell me that this was all just a bad dream.

"No, Mrs. Murphy. I'm very pleased to tell you that you are indeed pregnant. Now dates and some further tests will tell us just about when your little bundle of joy will be arriving," he replied, grinning into the camera like a cat who just ate a canary.

"But you don't understand! We've never even done IT!"

"Haven't done what, Mrs. Murphy?" Dr. Grimes asks, a puzzled look on his face.

"It. You know IT! Had... "

I gasped aloud, suddenly recalling a time not so very long ago... It was like a dream... I mean I know I was drunk that night... I must have completely blocked it out of my mind... Well, almost... I could vaguely hear myself crying out as he savaged me in front of Sandy and Trixie... "Soo... How bout those Rangers, Tom? Think they'll go all the way this season?"

My knees began to buckle and for the second time in one day things started to go black.

See pages 4 and 5 for the sordid details of how Tom took advantage of poor angellic Kate.

 

[Tibxo]

Tim

Hey! This isn't a bed!!! Realising that I am lying on the floor, my aching head against the wall in what looks like a hospital.

Hospital!!!???

But my fears are confirmed when I look up and see 'my other half' falling into the arms of a young (male) nurse.

How come, no-one tried to catch me when I tripped?

"Careful." It is Doctor Grimes. "She's pregnant."

Pregnant!

Then I remember why I tripped in the first place. Didn't Grimes say that Kate was pregnant? Slowly, I get up to my feet.

It can't be mine. We never did...

Then I remember the Dinner night.

But it was only once! No way I could've got her pregnant!

I can feel the nausea welling up inside as I picture us going shopping with the 'baby'. I lean against the wall for support...

 

[Tibxo]

Kim Basinger - Senior Doctor

"What is going on?" The striking blond stops and surveys the scene in front. "And isn't that the Gates patient? Has she had her enema yet and if not, why???"

"Erm... Doctor." Gibbers Grimes, pathetically. "N-no, she hasn't. The patient is just dealing with the news of her condition."

"Condition? What condition." It is apparent to all that Doctor Basinger has no patient for her fellow doctor.

"That she is pregnant." Grimes replies.

"Pregnant? My God! Why didn't you tell me?" Basinger says, clearly concerned with the development.

"Erm..." Grimes blithers.

"For Heaven's sake, man. Don't just stand there. She needs an enema immediately."

"But..."

"No 'buts'. This is the best course of treatment for her since she is pregnant. In fact, make it two!"...

 

[Maid of Marvels]

Dr. Grimes

Dr. Harold Grimes looked at his superior with growing concern. The maniacal glint in her eye made him wonder, and not for the first time, whether Dr. Bassinger wasn't as crazy as he had heard her son Doctor Dave is. For some reason she seems to have it in for poor Kate Murphy, and he just can't understand why.

"Yes, Doctor B. Enemas. Two of them," he answered with a whining tone, trying to sound like the obedient toad she had come to know him as.

He had to figure out a way to protect this sweet young woman from coming to any further harm. But how? He made a mental note to phone the head of OB/GYN and stop by the Psych Department before giving the orders Doctor B is directing him to have carried out.

 

[Tibxo]

Dr. Grimes

But as he reaches for the nearest phone, he stops himself.

What am I doing?

Wrenching his hand away, he wipes his eyes.

Damn these 36-hour shifts! They are start making me think like a crazy man. Heck! I don't even know this woman!

He certainly isn't going to jeopardise his possible chance of a relationship with the sexy Doctor Basinger for the sake of this woman. Turning to the nurse who had by now put Kate Murphy in a wheelchair, he tells him to get her to a spare room immediately.

"Room 42 should be free, Doctor." The nurse replies.

"Great! Let's go before anything else happens."

Then I am going straight home! He thinks to himself...

(OOC: Heh! Heh! Heh! )

 

[Tibxo]

A concerned viewer

"Hey, Mom! What are they doing to that woman?"

"What, honey?" Asks Joanne Walker as she has just prepared her son's tea. Popping her head around the corner, she is horrified to see a woman on the television kneeling on her hands and knees with two burly men dressed in nurses uniforms holding her still while a third is behind her doing....

Unable to watch any further, she reaches for the TV remote and switches the television off.

"How disgusting!" She exclaims.

"Mom?" Asks the boy, completely confused at his mother's reaction.

"You go and have your tea, dear." She simply says and the bewildered lad does as he is told.

How dare they show such smut on the television. And at this time of day too!

Completely incensed, she picks up the phone to complain...

 

[Tibxo]

Tony Addams

Tony Addams, Assistant Producer of House for a Month stands trembling at the door to the office of RJ Hitchdick. He glances hopefully at the Hitchdick's PA who is seated at a nearby desk. She looks at him and just shakes her head sadly.

Swallowing deeply, he knocks lightly on the door, hoping that they won't be heard.

No such luck.

"Come in, Addams!" Booms a voice from beyond, the sound of which causes him to discharge down his trouser leg. Almost crying, the already broken man shuffles inside.

Even before the door closes, Hitchdick's PA is already on the phone looking for a replacement Assistant Producer...

 

[Maid of Marvels]

Kelly Brians

Kelly figured it was over with Tim now that the news was out about Kate being pregnant. Well, she didn't need him! She was hot and there were a lot of other fish in the sea.

Knowing she wouldn't be missed, Kelly grabbed a huge orderly by the ass. "Hey babe... You got a friend? I'm in the mood... "

His eyes opened wide at the woman's bold offer, but he knew you didn't turn down a dishy broad that wanted to get laid. Ever! "I'll get Barney. Meet us in Room 42" he said, running off down the hall in search of his friend.

Chuck finally tracked Barney down in the break room, and hurriedly explained about the television lady who wanted a threesome. He didn't need a lot of convincing either and was already pulling his shirt free when they walked into Room 42 and closed the door behind them.

The outwardly prim and proper Kelly Brians was showing her true form. All of it! Quite naked, she was on all fours, growling "C'mon big guy. Show me your stuff."

The orderlies struggled with their clothes when a third one came into the room carrying the supplies Dr. Grimes had told him to bring in. Pleased that he wouldn't have to argue with an unwilling patient, he stood behind her and said "Okay you two. Hold her down so I can do my thing."

"Oooh... Yes, please!" Kelly begged. "Give it to me. Give it to me NOW!"

The third orderly began to insert his nozzle just as one of the guys from the camera crew stepped in and began to film.


Admit it! You have been bested, you cheeky Brit. I wiggled out of this one fair and square and even started the wheels going to get rid of Nelly...

 

[Maid of Marvels]

Do you believe in tragic...

I wasn't sure why I was in a wheelchair and being taken to Room 42, but my mind was still spinning with the news Dr. Grimes had given me. Pregnant. PREGNANT!! I took a deep breath. I needed to think and then I neede to talk to Tim. He was going to flip out totally when he heard this.

"Here we are," the nurse said cheerily as she pushed open the door to Room 42. Turning the wheelchair around she backed us in, Dr. Grimes following right behind.

"Give it to me. Give it to me NOW!"

I know that voice. I turned around to look past the nurse. Good thing I was sitting, cause I probably would have landed flat out on my back once I realized what I was seeing. Little Miss Innocent, Nelly Brians was being serviced by three orderlies and one of the crew from the show was standing there, camera (and maybe something else... I couldn't be sure) in hand.

"Can we say Film at eleven??" I whooped with delight. I looked at Dr. Grimes and shook my head. "What kind of place are you running? I am soooo out of here!"

Not waiting to see what was going to happen next, I got up from the chair and headed out of the hospital. Tim could find his own way. I wasn't staying in this joint one second longer. Chaz said he knew a good shyster and I was going to need one.

 

[Tibxo]

R J Hitchdick

From his massive chair behind his massive desk, R J watches the sopping Tony Addams slither out of the room.

Turning round to the television, he rewinds the tape and replays. There in close up he sees Kelly Brians being "attended to" by two male nurses.

Not a bad ass!

Realising what he is thinking, he quickly shakes his head, almost losing his 10-galleon stetson.

"Did you enjoy that?" He asks the figure standing next to him.

"Very." Comes a deep-throated reply though he is not sure if she means how he had dealt with Addams or what is on the video.

He presses his intercomm.

"Alright, Miss Brahms. Summon Ms Brians." He says.

"I am going to enjoy watching this." The husky voice says with malice...

 

[Maid of Marvels]

As I stepped outside into the...

fading sunlight, I found myself surrounded by reporters and their crews. They shoved mikes and tape recorders in my face, rattling off questions as the flashes of cameras threatened to blind me.

"...pregnant!"

"How far along are you?"

"How is your husband taking the news?"

"Will you continue House for a Month after being treated so shabbily by them?"

"Clear the way! Move aside!"

My head was spinning and I felt my knees begin to buckle even as a pair of strong arms caught my fall.

"Don't you worry about a thing, Doll Baby. Chaz is here and I'll get you home safe and sound." I nodded gratefully, leaning my head back as he set me down in the rear of the waiting limousine.

 

[Tibxo]

Newsreader

"The Pope is visits Texas!

TibvoSoft - serious threat to Bill Gates?

Bush says "HI!"

How a dollar saved a dog's life!

OCP's law enforcement unit saves an old people's home!"

The messages on the screen disappear to be replaced by a woman.

"Good evening and welcome to the JNT news - we report first because we are the best!"

"Today's main headline: Kelly Brians was dismissed from this television company after being caught on camera having sex with two male nurses at St. Jehanox Hospital earlier today. We have this report."

Picture jumps to a reporter outside the hospital.

"Hi! I am outside the awarding winning St. Jehanox Hospital. With me is one of the nurses. " Camera zooms onto a dishevelled figure. "Hello, Barney. Isn't it true that you had sex with Kate Murphy... I mean Kelly Brians earlier today?"

"That's right. She's an animal. All she wanted was sex."

"And how did it feel when you were caught on camera? Were you embarrassed?" Asks the reporter.

"No-way. Hell, it gave me a chance to wave to my parents. Ain't seen them in years."

"Erm... Thanks you." The camera moves back onto the reporter. "That was Barney Cray who subsequently got dismissed from the hospital. However, he has already sold his story to our sister paper - The News of the Globe available at any newsstand now. This is August Jones - JNT News at 10."

The picture returns to the studio.

"Thanks, August." Says the original newsreader. "Kelly Brians, who no longer works for Jehanox Television, had no comment. However, a representative of Jehanox Television had this to say:"

Picture now shows a young man in a grey suit.

"Jehanox Television was dismayed at Miss Brians' actions and have taken immediately action to try and rectify the situation. We would like to apologise to all our viewers but please rest assure, the new producer of House for a Month, Ms Edwina Brahms, has assured us that she will do everything in her power to put this behind them and get on with what is really important and that is producing the television programme."

Picture returns to the newsreader.

"Ms Brahms was not available for comment as she was too busy..."

 

[Maid of Marvels]

Chez activated the garage door opener...

and pulled straight in, closing the door before cutting off the engine. The camera crew was right behind us and he knew I'd at least need a moment to compose myself before going inside.

"You sure you still want to do this, Babe?" I could hear the concern in his voice as he looked at me in the rear view mirror. "I can take you somewhere else. Anywhere you want to go."

I nodded wearily. It would be so easy to say take me away, but I was going to have to face Tim sooner or later. I knew it was going to be an ugly scene. Or half-expected it to be. The news of my pregnancy couldn't have come at a worse time.

How were we going to talk about this with cameras going all the time? I hadn't even had time to think this out for myself and it just wouldn't look good if Tim started hollering and fainting all over the place on camera. We were supposed to be a married couple. A happily married couple. Even if he did let that Nelly chick come onto him with half the world watching.

"I'll be okay, Chez. Thanks for caring" I answered, stepping out of the limo. "I made a commitment to do House for a Month and I'm not a quitter."

"I know you're not, Babe. Just want you to know that if you want to blow this scene, I'm your man. You know, I never could figure out what you saw in that creep."

I combed my fingers through my hair and put on my sunniest smile. "Ready, Chez? Lights! Cameras! Action!" The connecting door to the house burst open and I was hit with the realization that my entire life for the next month was going to be up for public scrutiny.

"I can do this. I can do this."

 

[Tibxo]

Tom...I mean Tim!!!

I can't believe that they are holding a meeting this time of night.

It's almost 10 o'clock! Don't they know I need my sleep?

Entering the living room, I see that everyone is there, all the camera crew and other experts.

"Tim! Over here." Looking over, I see my 'wife' sitting on the sofa beckoning me. Seeing that all the other seats are taken, I go over and join her.

"What's going on?" I ask.

God! I'm tired!

"I don't know. Shhh! I think something's happening."

The door bursts open and in dramatically walks in an immaculately dressed woman in her forties.

"Good evening, darlings! I am terribly sorry for the lateness of this meeting but RJ. and I thought it would be a good idea for me to formally introduce myself to the team while we are off the air."

"'RJ'? Who's 'RJ'?" I whisper, completely confused.

"The Head of this Station." whispers someone else.

"Let me introduce myself. I am Edwina Brahms and I am replacing Kelly Brians after that unfortunate incident at the hospital."

No more Kelly?

I feel my heart sink at the news.

"Anyway, I am taking over and I can assure you that I won't do that sort of thing."

For a moment there is stoney silence and then I hear everyone bursting out in laughter. Everyone except me and 'wifey'.

"Okay! Let's get on. We will be on air in 15 minutes."

Everyone start getting up, so I get up too even as I see Miss Brahms coming towards us.

"Ah! The stars of the show. You must be Tom Murphy." She shakes my hand.

"Tim." I correct her.

"And this must be your lovely wife, Kate." She shakes my 'wife's handle though she takes a lot longer than she did with me. "I trust Miss Brians' departure won't cause a problem?"

"Erm. No." Up close I can see that under all that make-up she must be at least in her mid fifties, if not older.

She does look like Joan Collins when she was in Dynasty. I wonder if they are related?

"Now if you want anything, anything at all." She says, her eyes staying on my 'wife'.

"Thanks." I tell her though for some reason I feel that it is as if I am not here.

"Kate, I can call you 'Kate' can't I? Can we have a word in private?" She asks.

"Yes, sure."

I watch the two of them walk away.

"Erm... I suppose I will just go back to bed." I say to myself...

 

[Maid of Marvels]

And she scores! The crowd goes wild!

No more Nelly. That had to be the best news I heard all day. I still wasn't sure how to deal with that other little bombshell that had been dropped on me yet.

And now... Now we had someone named Edwina Brahms to deal with. At least she didn't appear to be overtly interested in Tim. Not like that other bimbo. That, at least, was a relief of sorts.

"Kate, I can call you 'Kate' can't I? Can we have a word in private?"

"Yes, sure" I answered, wondering what couldn't wait til morning. Maybe they were going to make me a cash offer for my pain and suffering. Leaning over, I kissed Tim deeply. For the audience's sake, don't you know.

"I'll be along to bed in just a moment, honey. You can choose the toys for our game tonight, okay?" I grinned and winked toward the cameras as I followed Edwina from the room.

"Not for nothing, Edwina. But it really is a relief to have Nelly gone. She was trying to break us up you know. Just what we don't need. Especially now with the baby on the way."

 

[Tibxo]

Edwina Brahms

Edwina Brahms had been attracted to Kate as soon as she had set eyes on her. She always had preferred women to men. Especially pregnant women!

"Take a seat." Edwina smiles, offering Kate the sofa before sliding next to her.

"I just wanted to make sure that you are okay." Edwina says as she studies Tim's wife's face intently.

Mmmmm! Very nice!

"Especially as you are now pregnant."

In her mind's eye, the new producer can see Kate naked. Her belly fully extended. The thought makes Edwina's nipples expand under her bra-less blouse even as she starts to become wet down below.

"Do you want a drink?"

Kate accepts one and after making her own one, Edwina rejoins her on the sofa.

"So tell me, Kate. How long have you been married?"...

 

[Maid of Marvels]

Hey there Little Red Riding Hood... You sure are looking good...

I watched Edwina as she watched me. I'd seen that look before. I just couldn't think of where. Whatever... It made me feel pretty uneasy.

Without thinking, I accepted the drink she made but set it down after a sip. "I don't think I'm supposed to be drinking just now. I mean being pregnant and all," I said apologetically. After the nonsense with Old Nelly I didn't want to start out by alienating Edwina immediately, though something kept nagging at the back of my brain.

"So tell me, Kate. How long have you been married?"

Oh my god! This is it! We're goners. She knows! Edwina knows Tim and I aren't married! I had to keep calm. I couldn't lose my cool now. But how was this going to look? I falsified a tattoo on my ass and presented a forged wedding certificate.

No... I wasn't going to blow everything now. Not before I get to talk to Tim about this baby thing. Fuck it! I'll just say Kelly altered the paper. Everyone knows that bitch is crazy.

Leaning back, I crossed my legs and tried to look perfectly at ease. "Oh, not all that long. A year on the 24th of October actually." I patted my stomach fondly. It barely looked like anything at all, being only about three months since we had done the deed. "Yes, Tim was an animal for sex LONG before we tied the knot."

 

[Tibxo]

Edwina

She eyes the pregnant woman as Kate leans back, like a lioness over its prey.

"Oh, not all that long. A year on the 24th of October actually. Yes, Tim was an animal for sex LONG before we tied the knot."

In her mind's eye, Edwina imagines Kate and her husband going at it on their martial bed. Their naked bodies sweating from their exertions as they crash against each other time and time again as they seek the deepest of penetrations.

Then she sees herself in place of the husband, mounted over Kate. The two of them linked together by a double-headed dildo which cannot be seen but just felt as their groins are clued together. Their breasts pressing against each other as their bodies lurch from one cum to another. She feels herself now soaking, the need to take this pregnant woman almost overpowering.

Yessss! Soon! The hungry woman tells herself.

"Do you love your husband?"...