I woke the following morning still tingling from the previous night’s activities, I reached out sideways across the bed and found nothing, I looked ...round and there was no sign of my friend, then I heard the sound of the shower and breathed a sigh of relief, I had lost contact once before after he turned my world upside down, I had no intention of letting that happen again, I was prepared to do anything to hold on to him no matter what it took to keep his interest.I raised my knees beneath the. "Did she say anything?" I asked. "Did you expect her too?"I looked at him."The answer is no," he said, "And you know why?"I continued to look at him. Go ahead, son. Chew me out."Because she has something about her. Because she wouldn't want to make a scene or cause any problems. That's why." he said firmly before taking a slurp of his beer, "She said it was nothing."I turned back to my drink.Of course she would say that."Is she here?"It was his turn to look at me. "Leave her alone, Mike," he. " Natuerlich wird sie jetzt gemustert, undzwar von allen dreien. "Ja, ja, bei uns gehoert Magie zum Alltag wie Luftund Wasser. Der Spiegel erfuellt Wuensche. Aber Vorsicht: Er liebtkleine Spaesse, wenn ihm die Gelegenheit gegeben wird, einen Wunschzu interpretieren. Ihr koennt sicher sein, dass er im Zweifel die Variantewaehlt, die ihr sicher nicht gemeint habt. Dann gibt's noch ein paar andereDinge, die man beachten muss."Sie sieht, wie es in den dreien arbeitet. "Wartet bis morgen, dann. .?"I said, questioningly. My father gave the surname and my mother gave mea wink. As we got inside and I took their coats, my mother asked if Icould show her where the ladies' room was as she needed to touch up hermake up before entering the party. At that moment Fran?oise walked pastwith a full tray of food."Fran?oise," I called out. "Would you be able to show this gentleman tothe main room? I will bring his wife along later."My father followed Fran?oise while I walked off with my mother."What.