"He paused to catch his breath. "I really feel like I should be petting acat for this next part." As he spoke I was wondering if it were possiblefor h...m to smile wide enough for the top of his head to fall off."When I was having my little talk with Rebecca, before we got startedthat is, I realized why the whole monologue thing isn't stupid. It's allabout power. It's about rubbing your enemy's failure in their nose justbefore you finish them off. It's seeing the look in their eyes when youstrip. “Err, Where?” she said.“Right here,” said Linda, “like this.” and she started to unbutton Mary’s top. Mary realised that she was expected to get undressed in front of Linda, and took off her skirt, then the bra and stockings.She stood naked in front of Linda, and Linda put her hand on her breasts. “You have a very good figure, your breasts will do.” Mary realised that the door was unlocked, and that anyone could come in off the street, just as she had done. She asked Linda to lock the door.. ”“I’m sorry Riyamom, I”ll finish the vegetables first.”He was chastened and kept his head down for some minutes, concentrating on his task. Rajesh silently went back to the chicken. Riya couldn’t see the large pot in the cupboard and had to bend over to see into the back.When she straightened up both her sons were looking at her, Rajesh from the side and Shreyas from behind and slightly to one side. She flushed in the face, conscious of not wearing her panties still.Shreyas had been mesmerized. "Look." She nodded at the littleplank bridge that led over the dune. "This is where people park, to getout to the beach. There aren't any other places around here."I nodded."What was in the car?" she said. "You saw it, didn't you? The cops showedyou, didn't they?"I could hear someone else, maybe a couple, coming down the street behindus. A sudden, brutal bark of laughter. At me? I felt my face redden."Come on," she said, yanking at me again, pulling me towards the littlewooden bridge. "Sun's.