When do I get a family to come home to? But I guess that’s too good for someone like me. Other then Mark I only had one friend. How pathetic is tha...? I don’t even know where the hell he lives anymore. I met him when I ran away and my uncle decided to take me in for the summer. My uncle owns a chain of hotels formostly upper middle class families. My uncle Jim gave me a choice to stay with my parents or work with him at his hotel. I thought about it and decided I’d have a better time over at. Whales, the surgeon, was the only officer who did not look at Harvey for approval. He offered his opinions freely and without hesitation and reminded Thomas of his trusted Mr. Fox in Unicorn. Mercer was quite the opposite. Smallish and sitting hunched, he was obsequious to almost everybody, to Thomas in particular, but he seemed insincere, almost shifty. Thomas decided to have a careful look at the books. Mr. Purdue, the Royal Marines lieutenant, was nothing like Unicorn‘s Gerard, or any other. Once we stepped outside the building, however, I felt a wave of anxietyflow through me as I was convinced that everyone could see that I was acounterfeit girl. Sensing my discomfort Miriam held my hand tightly, asif we were mother and daughter. As we walked along, I fell into syncwith Miriam's pace and even consciously tried to imitate how she moved.It was fun and exhilarating to explore the different ways that I couldpretend I was a girl.In short order we were standing among a crowd of people. Making her entrance by slowly descending a staircase in another fabulously flattering saree, Sheila only arrived at the party once it was in full swing. Indeed, her entry signaled that the party had actually started. “The only reason I come to your parties is your beautiful wife,” one of Jayesh’s peers or underlings was sure to confide in him at every gathering. “Sheila is quite the hostess,” Jayesh would affirm. “That’s why I keep her around.” The men she flirted with at those parties were.