" She explained."He probably does, Kylie ... But I wish to speak to you, in private myself."There it was, what I had been looking for, I think. An ins...ant of ... I'm not sure what to call it ... nonplussment, I wonder if that's even a word. But there it was, at the mention of name Kylie, Lady Minerva had looked flummoxed, maybe confused, just for an instant.Just long enough for me to believe that she was not used to being referred to as Kylie, or maybe she was not sure how she was supposed to. Out came the AMEX card again.Back in the car, Rhonda and Monica asked what I wanted to eat from theChinese restaurant. I told them that Almond Boneless Chicken would beall right. Since Rhonda drove, Monica went in and ordered while Rhondaand I stayed in the car. "I hope you didn't mind that we used the 'youlost the bet at work, and now you had to see what it's like to work likea woman?" Well, I wish you had told me before we started," I replied. "I had to come up with some plausible story," she. A girl walked passed and gave us an absolutely filthy look, once she'd gone out through the door my companion relaxed."Sorry about that," her hands left me, "I tried to come onto her a week ago, you'd never guess she was a he would you?" I looked at her and wondered what to say in response, I must have looked puzzled or something because her eyes suddenly went wide open. Her hands covered her mouth and she spluttered that she'd done it again, she hurried off leaving me unsure if I should feel. He had showered previously but went into the bedroom to change into his kimono. Returning he sat down beside her on the hand woven rug they had brought back from Egypt, a gift from a Bedouin tribesman whose life they had saved. The log fire now roaring away, Lovingly Paul put his arm around her shoulders quietly sipping at his drink, neither of them speaking, to have done so would have spoiled the moment. Their mugs eventually emptied and setting them aside turned to one another both knowing.