He felt as if his voice were on auto-pilot. His mind disengaged as the unscripted monologue of his dietary desires poured forth, and while it did, his...now-somehow-detached rational mind read nuances of facial features and expression, of wardrobe, stature, dictation, hairstyle, hygiene, and a hundred other minute details of 'Alice', as her name tag read. Tony inhaled the mild scent of her perfume, somehow gleaned over the burger grease that hung in the air. The next moment Tony realized, he was. My neighbor's daughters and my daughters earned a vacation so I brought them here." Tanya and Terri caught on quick and kept quiet.Cass again had a sly grin on her face. She said she had one suite left and since there were six of them they could have it. She told them to get situated and she would explain about the island and things to do at the evening meal.When they got to the room Tanya said, "that was slick getting us together in one room like this." Well I figured there was no point in you. I rub my tired eyes and raised myself off my bed, and left my room to say hello to Victoria. By now the noise of the running water had stopped.I walked down the hall, towards the bathroom to shout through the door, to tell Victoria I was home. I reached the door and was about to shout when I noticed that she hadn't closed the door, I couldn't help myself, I peered through the crack in the door into the bathroom. Victoria was lying in the bath, with her back to me. I stood transfixed, as I. "Didn't you go to school, you silly thing?" Yes, but--" My favorite elementary teacher always had half-birthdays for the boysand girls who were born in the summer. This is your half-birthday!"She said the last sentence louder than the others, and looked up over myhead.I turned to see what she was looking at.A cute barmaid wearing one of those mini-dress uniforms with a blacktee-top and a pleated, wine-colored skirt was almost to our table withour tall, frosty drinks balanced expertly on her.