" She openher purse (it was very small and was put inside her panty), she found alipstick, other makeup, Virginia Slims package, a cigarette lighter,...4condoms but no money or credit cards! She started to start a cigarette,but the manager said no smoking! She squashed the cigarette with herheel. He didn't like that too. She thought, "This it bad!" She asked "If she can call my secretary?"The ma?tre d' laughed and said "I didn't know you had a secretary!" Shesaid, "Please give me the. "Hello Jo," I smiled, "whaddaya know?"She tried to muster a smile at the old clich?, failed, and insteadspoke to a burly guy who was walking up behind me with the intention ofthrowing me from JoBeth's office to the far side of any convenientwindow."Let him stay, Wittowski," JoBeth sighed, "he's harmless. Close thedoor on your way out and tell Maggie to hold all my calls."The big guy nodded, glanced at me with the indifferent look of alumberjack eyeing a tree, and ambled off. I sat down."What do. Then we get a taxi and go to the uniformshop. Hurry up now the shop will be closing in an hour or so." Si Se?ora," I said as I rushed to the back room. I was expecting to wearclothes that I packed in New York but instead I found a summer dresswaiting for me. I picked it up and examined it. It looked like a housesummer frock with no sleeves. The material felt like cotton and wasprinted fabric, a blue background with bright yellow sunflowers. Itlooked clean and freshly ironed but is certainly. The couches had been moved back into the right place, and the trash was neatly collected into a couple of bags. My house wasn't trashed like they usually were when people had parties.I ate an apple while they talked, feeling really bad.Then they had a talk with both couples. And that was awkward.I hated that I always felt the need to tell my parents everything. They always seemed to understand, and this time, they claimed that they were looking out for us by talking to us about it. All we could.