" That didn't seem right. Ilooked at the picture. Was that my face? I looked up at the mirror onmy door and realized that I never did wash off my ...akeup last night.Half of my face in the mirror was smudged, and on the ID the whole facewas carefully made-up, but that was the only difference. Maybe I wasstill groggy from waking up, but it didn't feel like "VioletteDesrosiers" should be my name. But the only other name I could think ofwas Wally, and I knew that was just from Marine. You file ‘em under either ‘yeah, I’d like that one’ or ‘no way in hell’ pretty much right away. I never thought anything would come of it. I wasn’t going to approach you or ask you out or anything, and I didn’t think you would, either. You just struck me as a cute stranger.” “Thank you.” “What did you think of me?” “Hmmm?” “What did you think of me, when you checked me out the first time? Forget about what that impossible device of yours says, and never mind the fact that I’m about two minutes. He just wanted to scare me, that’s all. I walked out still embarrassed at being nude in front of a strange man, I averted my eyes, like a child that believes that if they cannot see someone, and then the other person cannot see them. I used my hands to attempt to cover my private parts. I know it’s just a mind game but it helped me survive what was happening to me. I walked right towards the table on my still wooden legs. He was sitting there eating a huge bowl of oatmeal. I was just about. "Sir, could you kindly tell me what that's all about?"The tour guide slowly shook his head at the young American tourist's question. "My dear fellow, the Brothers Grimm never wrote that particular story down. They considered it "unsittsam," indecent. And with good reason. Even in our modern, permissive era, it might be rather strong medicine even for those who consider themselves enlightened. In any case, it is best you do not enquire into matters that do not concern you."Charlie Mason had a.