Right now I want to soak and recharge.’ ‘HEY, YOU GUYS DONE YET?’ Somebody shouted from the bedroom. Then Pepper came striding into the bathroom...‘I knew it had to be you, Salt.’ ‘What are you doing here? Oh, dumb question, huh?’ ‘I was telling a buddy about it and he didn’t believe me so I had to show him.’ ‘A buddy?’ ‘Can I come in?’ yelled a voice from the bedroom. ‘Sure,’ said Pepper. ‘Wait!’ said Freddie. ‘Chill,’ said Salt. ‘It’s okay’ This could get interesting, she thought. She was. Her enthusiasm was infectious and I’m sure that I was blushing, too. I didn’t say a word. I merely nodded, stood up and went across to the bar and stood next to the colored youth. He glanced up and his face broke into a grin. “Hi man…you again?” he said. I smiled back and offered to buy him a drink. “Sure man thanks.” “My pleasure.” I said, “Now, come and join me and meet my wife.”And that was how it began. His name was Ben, he was 20 years old and like us, having a night out for the weekend.. On my bed were two packages. One was a grey bag with my name printed on it; I opened it and found the laundry I had left in the bath house that first night. Next to it on my bed was a package containing two blankets and the robe Irene had traded me last night. In it was a note written in a precise hand, “Josh, I send the robe you left at my place and to make you more comfortable, a couple of blankets to keep you warm. Love Irene.”Bob came in and asked, “Where did you get the desk? And this. Shoes and trousers I had only a month would no longer fit, none of my jackets or shirts fitted. It was so embarrassing at school I was always falling over. From being slightly under five tall at my fourteenth birthday to now being six foot five just before my sixteenth birthday. So I kept going to see Louise three or four times during the week and a few hours over the weekend. She did not mind since she was always in her office studying for her law exams. In my eyes she got more and more.