It was customary that the President be in attendance to give a patriotic speech to kick off the celebration. My family and I were going to watch the f...reworks from the White House.Frank brought in new satellite photos of the day from the Middle East and from Africa. We spent an hour going over them with a magnifying glass. Africa was still the same. My guess had been correct - it was a fake message - a security check for General Bashir’s communications.The Middle East pictures were a different. But Halloween was different, it was a pass. It was theperfect way to play my little game of dress up in plain sight ofeveryone and if I just laughed it off and only, only did it once andnever mentioned it ever again I figured it could be the perfect plan!I whipped through the foundation, the eyeliner and eye shadow withpracticed ease then noticed my pair of false eyelashes in the tray. Whynot, I thought. If we're going to do it let's do it right and reallyimpress them I figured. It took a while. Thepressure was incredible, although not painful, David felt every last dropof water squeeze out. He was flattened, just an ordinary object, defeated.The process had been long and slow, but finally it was over.The conveyor belt ended, and the now dry leotard flopped off the end ontoanother waiting conveyor belt that took him it in another direction. Hefelt new rubber hands as they grabbed him, stretched, him and generallyfussed with his new" body" until he was laying perfectly flat on the. My mom has taken up most of my time. Tonight was the first night away I’ve had in months." “I see,” he starts, sitting back. Taking a deep breath, I steel myself for my next question. “Yourself?" Looking at me, he drinks the remains of his glass and places it on the table in front of us. “No. I have dated but…there is no-one special in my life right now,” he murmurs. “I would have thought that you have settled down with someone by now." “Yeah, well - I thought the same. Maybe I should have.