I thought about it for a little while and decided it would probably be better for me to show up. I drove out to where I was to meet them and just wai...ed and they drove up exactly when they said they would. They walked to my car and told me to get out. They said we were going to walk out a little further so there would be no chance of being caught. As we walked along a trail they told me to start to take off my clothes but not all at once. They wanted me to leave my clothes along the. She said, "Now come on. This place is full of beautiful women."The man didn't take his eyes off Vicki as he said, "What other women?" He was certainly charming but Vicki had been waiting for her husband and now that he had stood her up she just wanted to go home."Actually, I was waiting for my husband," Vicki said.The man's eyes perked up and he said, "There you go. I'll buy you a drink and keep you company while you wait."Vicki's excuses had run out. Finally she smiled and said, "OK. I'll have. I know that if you're properly prepared for it you'll love it! But you don't want to, you never want to." She looked directly at me to drill the point home. "Well, that's your choice. You pay your own piper and you call your own tunes. You'd rather sit here and agonize over whatever you imagine I'm doing there, and never just go and find out for yourself. I still don't know why, really. The offer's still open."We'd started in again. "Well, no, Claire," I said gently but pointedly. If. As I read the response my eyes began to fill with water. I wasn't surewhy, but the tears were soon trickling quickly down my face. Helengrabbed my PDA, read the message and cleared the screen so nobody elsecould read it. My distress was obvious to most of the school and Rachel,who was our table's psychiatrist of the day, was trying to find out whatwas wrong when Andy appeared. He whispered something to Helen and shequickly escorted me out. I didn't do anything to stop her and just lether guide.