. All mine. As the song began to end, she dropped low, grinding her body on an invisible other, her tummy rippling to the beat, the soft down lights ...ccentuating every gorgeous attribute she had as she wound her way around the room. As the track faded out completely, she stood in front of me in only her small black g-string and heels, posing for my hungry examination of her immaculate machine. She again bent down really low so that I could see the way her perfect breast fell, admire the rise. ‘Baby?’ Nick brushed back her hair. ‘What is it?’ ‘Nothing. I just missed you. I love you so much.’ But he knew her better than that. He tilted her chin up and gazed into his eyes. ‘What happened, doll? Are you having problems with work? You can quit any day. I told you I wouldn’t mind …’ ‘Robert called here, the day you left.’ She saw the flare of alarm in his eyes turn to anger and then concern. ‘How did he know to find you here?’ ‘He knows that I am in Boston and everyone at work knows where. "Everybody has to swap clothes with their partner. Allyour clothes especially underware." Then the music restarted to theinsistent beat of "Come along and get your gear off ; Come along and getyour gear off."Those couples with foreknowledge were quick to start. Before the restquite realised what to do the early birds had stripped, swapped, andreclothed themselves. Of course they were wearing things easy to removeand put on. Hardly anyone got a good look at the naked bodies before theywere. Go ahead now, whatever youwant to say to me. I'm listening."My mother shrugged, "I really don't know whatto say. I just don't know why you are doingthis... my only son..." Her voice broke and shedabbed her eyes with a handkerchief, "William,you talk to him."My father stopped pacing and stood with hisback to the mantelpiece, his hands behind hisback. I sat there feeling very apprehensive andswallowed nervously. It was a moment before myfather spoke. He was a man who measured hiswords carefully.