And I said “What is this place?” and she said “Well, like I said; I mostly talk. But sometimes I have to do more” and I just said “Wow” an... then she came close to me and said “Do you remember when I said you have to do as I say?” and I didn't think that was exactly what she had said but I said “Yes” anyway and she said “We have about twenty minutes. Take your clothes off”.And I think I started to undress even before I decided to just do it and I dropped all my clothes in a pile on the floor but. Adray thought she was cute.The streets were narrow and winding. The houses on the bottom were modest, made of adobe baked bricks stacked against wooden frames with thick woven roofs of river rushes. The houses were only two stories high in the lower reaches. As one climbed higher and the wealth accumulated, the bottom floors were built of cut stone. The squares that opened up as one traveled deeper into the city were upended stones with mortar in between. Each square had a fountain in the. The fact that he spoke to me at all irritated me; the only reason I ever spoke to him at all was because his sisters were all pretty cool and always had an extra cigarette for a girl. In fact, when Marie rubbed the inside of my thigh one day while we were whispering secrets, I kissed my first girl.But after successfully ignoring me for 16 years, Michael all of a sudden was trying real hard, at first, to be nice to me, and when he mentioned that he'd be rooting for me in the Sunny Tropic. He laughed. "It's just, compared to my ex, you are so sweet andsoft. I mean, she would've laughed in my face if I asked her to tryon that dress." Adam, she was a bitch and a half. But, she is in the past. There'ssomeone out there who will appreciate you and your caring and youreffort... maybe Arianna or Denise..." Just not you." I'm not who you think I am." BIG understatement."All I know is that when I see you in that dress, I see someone thatlooks right. It's funny. I'd swear if I didn't know.