She had kissed a few boys, but nothing like that had ever happened to her! She intended to find out more about it. Her thoughts were interrupted by th... nurse talking."I'm sorry. What did you say?" she asked with a puzzled look on her face."I said," the nurse answered, "your uncle must really care about you. He slept on the hall floor till a little while ago. He never said anything to us or complained. He got right up when the orderly woke him, as if he did it every day." Yes," Amber answered. I'll show you round!" said Emma, helping her put her coffee on the breakfast table and taking her arm. "Want to get changed first?" No, I'll be fine" said Lauren defiantly, relieved to have established the beginnings of a working relationship with the girl. They wandered out through the kitchen into a utility room that contained the washing and drying machines, plus a very large sink for oversized things."This is the maids room. Servants only. We don't go in there." What, someone lives in. "Just wanted to let you know I'm on my way. Well, not quite, I still have to finish packing and check out, but then I will be. Say about twelve-thirty, one o'clock, that range?"Apparently she was getting a late start. What the hell, I knew not everybody kept to my early-bird schedule. "I'll be looking for you," I promised her. Then a thought occurred to me. "Hey, are you going to want lunch when you get here?" I asked."What do you have?" she countered."Uh." What did I have? Well, there was. "You must be. When you sat beside me on thatbench on the Hoe, I didn't turn into your fantasy chick. So you must bean actual girl."Then the door swung open and in came Mrs Singh, smiling warmly to seeme upright on the bed's edge. She waved a piece of paper triumphantlyin my direction."No time for canoodling, girls," she said, making my cheeks hot again.I dropped Lora's hand like it was about to bite me. "Nice to see youup." Girls!" Better get used to it, Eliza." Eliza!" Best I could do at short.