Adanna's mother gave up on this idea after seeing them dressed in several current colors and styles. Although Samanya was almost two years older that ...danna, they both had almost identical bodies? One of the sales girls had started calling Samanya Sam, this almost immediately resulted in Adanna's name being shortened to Addie! Both new nick names made the girls feel more Americanized like locals, that belonged, and that they were just like everyone else. They had bought a number of. Sure we did some heavy petting — I was able to get my hand under her blouse fairly often... but never under her skirt. She was a 'straight-arrow' and was 'saving' herself for when we got married. Well, hell! What's a boy to do?We went off to Austin, me to study Criminal Justice (yep, I still wanted to be a Texas Ranger like my dad) and Janet to study Business. This wasn't any lifelong dream or anything for her, she just wanted to be near me and this sounded like the easiest area of studies for. "Carl, I saw Matatu talking with you earlier and now he seems to be acting strangely. He didn't even come out of his hut to eat, and he seems to be wailing and begging the spirits for something. I think it is more medicine, but I don't understand. Do you think I was too stern with him about Shaton?" she said."No, you were not too stern, and if you asked him now he would tell you that what you did was nothing. He came to me to apologize for his behavior earlier and he is begging the spirits. ’ He patted me on the back and said, ‘We will talk later, back to being a host.’ He went off to refill glasses and offer small talk. All in all, I had a good time. If so many people hated me, at least they didn’t show it. Everyone was nice and they all were happy for Maggie or Margaret as they called her. We left a little before midnight. Before we left Gina and Ed invited Maggie, Kate and me to dinner on Sunday. Jess and Rick would also be there with their two boys. When we got back to the.