”“Well, it will solve our problem. They will pay Yuri extraordinary amounts of money, so much that he wouldn’t have to work for years.”“What...!?” Verity shrieked. “No way they’re paying anyone but me! I’m not going to keep doing everything for this family and have them pay someone else and I get a pittance. I arrange it. I do it. I get the money and I’ll give you all what I think you deserve!”“But Verity, you’re not old enough to make those arrangements.”“I don’t need to be because you’re going. ‘I’ll clean up. Why don’t you see if some of my sister’s things fit you?’ ‘I’ll be right back.’ I let him clean up and returned to my – to his sister’s room. This time, I really looked it over. Tastefully done, not overly feminine but the touch was there. I didn’t want to wear another woman’s under-things but I could at least find some outer clothes to borrow. At that point, I spotted a folded garment on the dresser. It looked like – it was – my underwear. Beside it was a scrawled note. ‘Lisa,. We started glancing around the room looking for our friends, and were soon greeted by Roger. He escorted us to their table. We greeted Jennifer, and she said, “Sit down and look around. Be prepared though, because you will see just about anything happen here.”We sat down, and noticed there wasn’t much going on except some dancing. I asked Bryan to get me a drink. When he returned we all began conversing back and forth.Jennifer spoke up, and said, “This place is not as crowded as the last time. She made sure of that, even.”“Damn. This has to be rough. I always thought you and her had something so amazing.”“We did ... But I think the other way would’ve been rougher.”“Other way?”“To keep doing what we were doing.” I reached out for the joint she offered, taking a long drag, studying the fading light. Hidden stars were now starting to make an entrance. Cycles... “Remember last time we were here, I told you something very secret?”“Sure. About Lara being with Heather too.”“Yeah, that..