Shewalked into the bathroom where the 5 girls were having a meeting. Theywere smoking pot. "Can I have a hit?" she asked. She had never smoked itbe...ore. A girl handed the joint to her, and she pretended to inhale. "Hey, can I join you girls?" she asked. "Girls" the leader Moniquesaid. "We're fuckin' women." "Well okay, can I join you, uh, fuckingwomen?" They all laughed. "Well sure," she responded. "But you have togo through our initiation. We'll meet you at your house tonight." . I can’t help grinning ‘coz I learned to drive in one just like that. – Yeah! Been there, done that… Suddenly, I’m giggling out loud. Remembering my guy and his mates. ‘…Girls come’n go, a sharp car goes on fer eva…’ If the Escort wasn’t a quarter of a mile down the road now, I’d be yelling, ‘Uy… ‘Arry big button!’ when what I really mean is, ‘Gerek-lah lu.’…Okey, I’m a car-slag. Passing Peter Pan’s, still bubbling with barely suppressed delight, I see the guy again, sitting on a bench outside. When the taxi driver pulled over, I handed him the note I had ready in my hand and made a quick escape. I ignored the receptionist and walked straight over to the lift, he had managed to get to the hotel before me and had texted me the room number while I was on the train. The ride up felt incredibly slow so I lost myself to the thought of him pressing me against the wall of the lift, only rousing to the real world when the doors dinged open. The room was a quick walk and my heart was pounding. "Where'd you get these, Gil?" Mark asked."Would you believe it if I said they showed up in the mailbox one day, with no postmark and no return address?" Gil said."I'm not sure whether I would or not." Let's just say that I've still got friends, and maybe one of them took pity on us," Gil said. "OK, this is Pham Dong village, and over here is Duc Vinh. This here is the patch of jungle where Henry got separated from his platoon." He got up, and walked to the other end of the line of photos,.