She obviously meant what she said.The meal I prepared was accepted if not with gratitude, at leastwithout disparaging comment and, as I washed up and ...leared away, Ireflected that my bottom seemed secure from further punishment safe forthe moment. Not for too long, however. As I prepared for bed - havingfirst served my aunt and cousins hot drinks, of course - Aunt Conniereminded me that the discarded clothes I'd retrieved earlier in the dayhad still to be sorted and put in the washing. There was a glitter in her dark eyes and her skin was like that of dark copper.I could sense this really was her first time since she just sat therelooking at me as if she didn't have a clue as to what was about to happen. Not only was this going to be her first time, it was going to be my first time with such a young asian girl. I walked up to her and she stood up in front of the bed. She was about 4'6 and maybe 80 pounds. I knew that asian girls were small, but her size made me think hard. Several made catcalls.Alice gave a big sigh and fanned herself as though she were getting warm. Dave guessed that it was warm under the intense lighting for the stage. She slowly removed her suit jacket, and then a small vest, fanned herself some more, and then unbuttoned a few buttons on her blouse that had been closed up to her neck. With each button, she looked around, pretending to want to unbutton without anybody seeing her. She flapped her blouse to get more air into her hot body. By. That might explain where everyone else was. They were in normal time,and I wasnt."One mystery at a time."Everything was still, and quiet. For the first time, I realized how muchnoise is around me all the time. Something I couldnt have realized untilit was gone.I kept walking until I was in my old neighborhood. We had left hereright after I had graduated from the elementary, but I still rememberedwhere things were.Shortly, I was at the door to my old elementary school, and suddenlystarted to.