Staring at her for some moments the Emir sat down.~Up, he said in Arabic and the people rose from the obeisance position.Still staring at Sharon and i... an ominously quiet voice he said, "Mr. Ambassador. I am aware that the people of the United States of America consider themselves far superior to all other races, especially ignorant sand dwellers such as we, and I know that performing obeisance to a foreign head of state in his own throne room is far beneath the dignity of any one of you, but I. Patti and I took our suitcases into the bedroom and unpacked.Part 2: Afternoon – Relaxing, At HomeI went into the office, powered up my laptop, and checked email. There was a confirmation from my business partners that everyone agreed on the deal for Patti's property, so I printed it off for Patti. I sent an email to my partners explaining that I would be staying next week to appraise another property. Then changed my return flight to the following Sunday.A few minutes later, Patti came in and. I was beginning to think that I might even have more fun than I would have had if David had come. I was a little apprehensive about dancing with some of the guy since they seemed to have a bad case of roaming hands and some of their comments made me think that they thought that I was fair game since I came alone, but I was a big girl and I knew I could handle it.When they heard that I was going to the party alone some of the girls at work had advised me against coming and when I had pressed for. He reminded me of someone, but who? It wasn't a face-to-face encounter, just something I'd overheard in passing. Setting that aside for the moment I found myself thinking of Ms. Andrews's advice about keeping your enemies closer. Yuck!On the other hand, I needed to know who else in school was in on this, and who was behind it. Prying that out of him might require some sacrifices on my part."I had to do something to stop her!" he concluded, finally pausing for breath. Apparently his only speech.