The five-foot-ten, ox of a man sat down to take a shit in the dark. The door knob rattled. “Occupied,” he grunted.“Sorry,” came the subtle voi...e of Shakeia.“You’re good,” Travis yelled. “Hang on. I’m almost done.”Travis flushed and unlocked the door. He opened it slightly and said, “Come on in!”“Dang,” Shakeia turned up her nose.“My bad,” Travis sprayed some Hawaiian breeze scented air freshener.“Thanks,” she said closing the door and relocking it.“Anybody know you up here?”“I don’t think so!. They had a way of convincing people to do things that I could never understand. They didn't bribe or threaten, they just persuaded. In any case the yearbooks were late and we all came back to school one Saturday afternoon to pick them up. There was the typical running around getting all of your friends to sign your book and all of that, but then people started looking at me and giggling. I knew something was wrong, but I didn't know what it was. I looked through the book very carefully and. “I love him so much! I’m so lucky to have him almost for my own. And Charlotte too, of course!” Emma nodded, agreeing and also feeling a pang of regret that she had so often spurned Charlotte’s affection and had instead focused it on a girl who was ultimately so ungrateful. She watched indulgently as Charlotte’s breast which she’d so recently enjoyed for her own pleasure was now giving so much succour to the young baby, who held onto it so greedily, his brown skin such a contrast against. The flight could have been close to 18 hours and would have cost in the range of two thousand dollars per person.We were chauffeured to the Oaks Casino Towers, a very nice looking place with views as good as anywhere we have been before. We were across the Brisbane River from where we were performing at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Center, only a 10-minute cab ride away. We got our new usual of two connecting rooms for Claire and me with the connecting room being Kalista’s. That’s Annie.