She finally decided to just go with it, I suppose, because she winked at me and made sure that we had a nice corner booth with plenty of room for us. ...he menus and ice water came quickly, as Ruth personally brought them instead of entrusting them to a waitress."My name is Ruth, though Isaac knows that. I will be serving you today," Ruth announced, her hands on her hips in a rather curious way."Don't you run this place?" Valija asked curiously."Yes, I do. Nor do I wait on just anyone. Isaac,. “Marie, you have worked so hard all summer that we want to show you how much we appreciate you. We have decided that you should take some time off and go to visit your family. Now that we are back home in Dubai, we have plenty of help in the house, so we would like you to take three months vacation.”Marie was both excited and sad at the same time. Excited at the thought of seeing her husband and daughter soon, but sad at the thought that she would not be able to continue her life as a slut. This was really getting out of hand. I looked at Helen,hoping she might say something in my defense, but she just watched us,amused."See, if you had taken care of this before, I couldn't do that now,"Natalie added another reason to her point.I breathed deeply and thought for a second."I'm not wearing these clothes because I want to," I began saying slowly,"I'm wearing them because all my clothes are gone. And it's onlytemporary." Temporary or not, you're stuck with them. As long as you wear. The blackskinned woman, Jewel, presided over the largest booth. Her central display was the one that really drew Mak's eyes. A border of rough iron lumps alternating with nuggets of gleaming copper was arranged on a square of bright blue cloth, framing an even dozen fine, keen iron arrow points. Their smoothly polished edges caught the rays of the morning sun, seeming to give off a dazzle of fiery sparks in the golden light.Other villagers crowded around, attracted by more mundane items such as.