Then, I closed my eyes and hoped that he would leave at any given moment. Although, thinking back now, I’m not so certain that was what I had hoping...for anymore.After a few minutes, the kitchen window, which was facing the garden opened up and through my half-closed eyes I saw Neil’s head popping out. “Oy!” he shouted and the annoyance that had been simmering inside me since I heard him enter the house shot up to the boiling point. He could be such a lummox. I ignored him, pretending to nap.. “And that is a problem.” She continued, crossing her legs hypnotically and paging through my file, which she’d suddenly produced in a manila folder from somewhere: “Instead of applying yourself to the things that do matter, you’ve wallowed in a lifestyle of nearly constant debauchery, dallying with one young girl after another and staggering through alcohol-soaked weekends that would have killed other, lesser men.” She was right, of course, but still … I could not believe what I was hearing.. .I just blurted it out....I like your blouses, they're very shiny and look very nice on you and again I was surprised when she smiled. " so does that mean you like what I'm wearing now? Yes I do I exclaimed. Again she smiled...'Now young man about these clothes you've made a mess all over, I want you to make sure you clean them properly. that blouse is a favourite of mine, I was going to wear it to my friends house tonight. so you better get cracking and do that now as you'll have to handwash. "Karen pulls out the dress from a black garment bag and it's Erin's turn andmine to gasp in astonishment this time. It really is a wonderful gown."It would be such a shame if no one wore that dress," I say."Well, there's no way Erin can put it on," Karen says."It's not what I meant," I say."I wonder..." Diane mutters and as if on cue, Stephanie takes the dress in onehand, grabs Roger with the other and leads him out of the room."Actually, Martha?" Diane says, "I really don't think this is such.