A moment later I heard a soft cough. Turning back, I saw that her hand had moved from the top of her Quran to her legs and she was slowly running her ...ingers along her thigh, her brilliant blue eyes glued to my face. Casting a furtive glance over at her parents, she gently lifted her heavy quran up from her lap and quickly slid her other hand beneath it, setting the Quran back down. This way, its heavy pages rested on both legs, but the front was tilted up giving me a look at something I never. Danielle bustled about theroom cleaning up and humming the Michigan fight song. Several times shetried to start a conversation but I just responded with monosyllablegrunts. Finally she had enough. "OK Grouchy. It's time to get over thegame and the bet. I won fair and square. If I had lost I would haveswallowed my pride and served lunch next Saturday. You lost and Iexpect you to do the same. I expect you to follow my orders exactly anddo your best to be a good maid, or else?" Or else what?" Or. And to think I got to see Jesse later tonight too! ——————-It was a great party. Scott and Tanya had done a great job with the house, decorating it to the hilt with red, white and blue. Their backyard was amazing, with a nice sized swimming pool at the center, a flower garden with pink azaleas, an assortment of multicolored lilies, and domineering sunflowers standing near the center. A little cabana was off to the side and that is where I found myself for much of the time. There were about 30. She could see that she'd won the argument."Well, she knows that you're a boy that we've dressed up - but she has noidea of what your real name is, where you go to school, or even that youknow her. And Tessa dressed her up in my house - my folks are out thisevening. She hasn't been out yet, as Joanna I mean. We thought you mighttake her out for a quick stroll, you know, to get her used to it?"I thought for a minute of saying no, but then remembered not only who wasin charge, but also how much.