”If the final-year students recognised that one of their peers was part of our group, they were too polite to comment on it, and they departed as qu...ckly as they had arrived.There was a spontaneous round of applause from my friends as Joanna led me onto the dance floor.“You step on my toes, I break your nose,” warned Joanna. “My father said I’d be a target because of our wealth and made me take self-defence classes. I can break your nose in five different ways.”Luckily a slow dance was just. “Are you always so literal?”I smiled. “Are you always so grammatically imprecise?”I felt Callie’s eyes on me, studying me.Out of left field, she said, “You have a great smile, Lightfoot. You should smile more often. So, what other languages do you know?”Playing with her, I answered, “Pretty much every one spoken on the planet.”“You’re kidding! Really?”I nodded, still smiling. “I’m aware of all the languages. But I only speak six fluently.”Callie flopped back into her seat. “Jeez Louise! You’re. Casper was going to leave Jade if she didn’t stop using drugs. The bus stopped and started. It stutter stepped through the rush hour traffic and it tried to make as headway as it could. The movie marquees glittered and they were colored like popcorn. A red suited soldier with a butterfly vest was handing out Wonka bars to a bunch of bland speaking kids. Jade watched the kids as they stumbled into FAO Schwartz and then she went into her jacket pocket. She counted the money that was in her. After a few days of not going out, I saw someone I knew walking by on the sidewalk outside. I immediately ran to the window and started yelling to them. Now I understand dogs.Day 8 of social isolation and it’s looking like Vegas in my house: We’re losing money by the minute. Cocktails are acceptable at any hour. Nobody knows what time it is.✧ ✧ ✧There are only nine.This is a quiz for people who know everything! I found out in a hurry that I didn’t. These are not trick questions. They are.