title: Ethan Exposed: Further Adventures From Ethan Green's Unfabulous Social Life
author:  Eric Orner 
description: The fourth collection of strips from Eric Orner's syndicated comic, "The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green," flips back and forth between the latest developments in Ethan's life--including his on-again, off-again romance with Doug and a new job as a personal assistant to a closeted celebrity weatherman--and hilarious one-off gag strips like "Really Pretty Far Off the Circuit Circuit Parties" and the "Dream Date Alphabet" ("Umberto is Unfaithful, and Vincent is Vicious"). Part of the joy of reading Orner's work in these collections is that it highlights the strength of his long-range storylines, which include a cast of nearly a dozen supporting characters, from his best friend, Buck, to the wacky Hat Sisters--who, in one memorable strip, provide their own delicious solution to the Clinton impeachment crisis, including washing out a certain independent prosecutor's mouth with soap.
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  # **Chapter Four**
  
  Ethan came to awareness in a hostel room much larger and more luxurious than
  his own. His reason flowed with slow clarity, like honey. The rest of him
  floated in a sweet, languid euphoria. Distantly, under his heart, or down in
  his throat, something whined and cried and scratched frantically like an
  animal locked in a cellar, but there was no chance of its getting out. His
  viscous logic noted indifferently that he was bound tightly to a hard plastic
  chair, and certain muscles in his back and arms and legs burned painfully. So
  what.
  
  Far more intriguing was the man emerging from the bathroom, rubbing his damp
  reddened face vigorously with a towel. Gray eyes like granite chips, hard-
  bodied, average height, much like the fellow who'd picked Ethan off the mall
  and who even now sat on a nearby float chair, watching his prisoner closely.
  
  Ethan's kidnapper was of so ordinary an appe