He sat up with a start when he heard Tracy say, "Well, what do we have here? Go on finish what you are doing." She headed for the bed and sat down bes...de him. She reached for his hand with the slip and started to help him."You like how that feels? Be careful that you don't wrinkle it because you don't want to wear wrinkled clothes." She said."What?" Louis said."I said you don't want to wear wrinkled clothes. If that is wrinkled you are going to iron it. You must like the feel of it so you are. ''You're not even denying it! You love her more than me even. How do you think that makes me feel? Am I just a fill in like Brian is? Are you going to leave me one day and run off with her? Why not?''Look, I... ' I was almost glad when she cut me off, because I didn't even know what to say.'You're such an asshole sometimes.' Well, maybe not. She pushed past me and slammed the front door. I heard her car engine start up a moment later and the sound of screeching tyres.I stood like a stunned. Her mother just could not bring herself to talk to Tina about her body or the facts of life.In the years that followed, Tina’s body began to develop and she heard what other girls at school talked about. Her curiosity grew and whenever she would try to ask her mom a question, her mom would tell her that it wasn’t something they talked about in that house. Her mother’s inability to talk about sex or answer Tina’s questions only fed her curiosity. Year after year, Tina heard more, knew less and. "All over the gulf. Allover the world. There are always Harems. Look at Utah in your UnitedStates. They have polygamy. Is there a difference between a man withthree wives and a Harem owner? Again, it's something we don't talkabout. It just is." But I'm not Omani." It doesn't matter when it comes to slavery, Sarafina. You're young.You're strong. You'll do well." Amir...what about Val. Does she know?"He smiled. "Val has gone back to England, Sarafina. Photographers come,photographers go. You are.