Even the piano in her apartment didn't seem to loom in the corner; she knew it was ridiculous, but she thought the instrument looked almost friendly t...ese days. She'd bought a Christmas decoration to set on her kitchen table, and was more talkative when Sol and Luke came in to eat. Even if she'd tried to hide it, Millie would have noticed the difference in the way she carried herself, or the way she talked. "Must have been some date." Millie gave Emma a sidelong glance. "You're still thinking. I breathed a sighof relief and set the case onto the bed. I opened it and booted up mylaptop and connected to the internet. As I opened my e-mails there wasone from the woman who I had come looking for. As usual it was a warmletter and I smiled as I read through the document. When ever she wroteto me inside I felt my true self a little girl. There were only a fewclothes inside the case and a set of girl's underwear.I quickly put the underwear on after showering and brushing out my longhair. I. For a few minutes there I couldn'ttalk at all, only hiccup with laughter. Finally, I calmed down enoughto be able to tell her,"Oh, nothing important, Nancy. It's just something that Eric told mewhen he left. I just GOT it and it's SO funny. Maybe someday I'll tellyou about it."(Author's note) I won't bother going into all the different processesthat go on inside a salon. I'm sure your imaginations can supply MANYmore details, than my ability to present them here, can. I also realizethat MY own. My room number is 2010 I will see you in the crystal dining room at 7:30 I have booked a table in the name of Tom Jones. I laughed at the image this booking evoked! Well it was my real name but Tom Jones the singer was in town doing a gig at ‘The Sands’ I went down to the crystal restaurant and was shown to my table. It was a nice table at the side and rear. Quite romantic and the place was decked out with heart shaped balloons. We had agreed to meet early but I did not know if she had.