" Meera told us.Chanderpal added his advice. "There is a market where these hooligans are kept away by the security men. That would be a better place ...or you to browse."The market was fantastic and safe. Security men patrolled and would deter any unlicensed street vendor using long white batons which they wielded readily and indiscriminately. I was overwhelmed by colour. The colours of the many fabrics displayed, the colours of the spices offered which for a moment I believed to be floral.. . Helen. I'd love that." I made ready to get up and stand in front of her, like she had done to me, but she took my hand and led me through to Mr. Petersen's office, where she sat down in the sofa with me standing in front of her."You ARE sure, that it's OK for me to touch you?" Of course, Mrs... Helen. I really want it." And you don't think I'm too old to touch you this way?" While she said this, her hand travelled from my knee up the inside of my thigh."I think you are lovely, Helen, and this. This broke the ice, Helen looked up at Ben and said, simply, that looks good Ben. We all laughed at this but there was a different atmosphere amongst us now, a sexually charged atmosphere. Helen had to apply sun lotion to all my friends after that. I was the only one who had to apply his own, she was too busy to attend to me. She was asked to rub it into their backs, their legs, they even got her rubbing the lotion onto their chests and stomachs. After the episode with Ben all my mates took. Also, unbeknown to he and his father his mother had become a cupboard drinker but kept it pretty well under control. But Duane found out her little idiosyncrasy but kept it to himself.Joe and Marie were not still in love with each other but still felt for each other more to the stage where they felt comfortable with each other but they found that they no longer had conversations but they spoke to one other when necessary. There was no nastiness, just indifference.Lovemaking was irregular and.