"For a moment something other than charm flashed in his eyes."I must say that I'm beginning to wonder about that," he said truthfully. I felt I should...reply in kind."For a while there, I was beginning to wonder about it, too," I answered. "But I think that has passed. Are we under surveillance here?" No," Meadows answered. "I have the ability to record things in this room. Today is more about taking a few minutes to talk. I originally planned for it to be a time for me to chew your ass about. She was excited too and went to her room. After a while she came out but still wearing her salwar kameez. She told me she liked it very much but that they were a bit tight. I told her that is how it is supposed to fit and will become comfortable with time. I knew she was just shy to wear that in front of me. I had never seen her in anything else than her salwar kameez before. I talked about how she must have seen the girls in mall wearing similar clothes. I insisted that she can at least wear. His makeup wasperfect and he had a silly bubble of blonde curls on the top of his head.Angela had been practicing her walk, her talk, and her mannerisms formonths and she was a natural. She won everyone over and became the lifeof the party. That night, a breathless, excited Angela described her bestday ever."Cynthia, you should have seen their faces. At first, they couldn'tbelieve that it was me. Then, everyone thought it was the best costumethey'd ever seen. They loved the way I spent the day. . a wonderful world! Dreams were coming true at a pace that dizzied Billy... and yet, inside him, there was still a vague emptiness... a hunger that he couldn't fathom... an undefinable need that hadn't been fulfilled.Ray was a well-built man, and he was careful to keep his body in tip-top shape--thus, the club. It offered all the recreational facilities he and his new family liked best, and which were good for their physical well-being. He was proud of his family, and even Billy seemed closer.