Why did I even botherwith makeup if my cheeks were going to be this rosy from embarrassment Ithought! I stopped and focused. This evening is about Mis...ress Lynda andher guests. Pull yourself together Julie and remain focused on yourtasks. I returned and offered all of the guests horderves. I was verybusy for the next hour, filling wine glasses, cleaning up the hordervesand tending to the kitchen and the final preparations at the table.Occasionally one of the guest would speak to me, to which I. By now he was totally enthralled by his experiences, and determined to really play the part well. So a bra to create (and hold) a curving bust was obviously another necessity, for without it his upper body line looked wrong, and the blouse looked empty. So a bra was required, and as Hazel had said a matching one to fit was in the dresser, he rummaged through the bras he saw there, enjoying the feel of the lacey cups. After he selected the bra he held his skirt up to make sure it was a match for. And just when I thought I had it all, when I thought this couldn’t go wrong, everything was taken away again. My world was colorless, empty again, maybe even more so than before. Day after day, week after week went by without any sight of Meggie. I slowly gave up on the idea of seeing her ever again. I stopped looking out for the yellow sneakers waiting on the platform as the doors of the metro opened. And as time went by, the sting in my heart lessened, the emptiness was slowly filled again. “So, I don’t know how much he’s got; but even with all of it, I don’t think he has enough to take Whyte down by himself.”“Susan,” Helen said, looking at me. “Julie trusts that man with all that she is. And so do I. But I trust him with even more than my body, mind, and soul,” She held up the credit card she’d been using all day. “When you accept the invitation, the ‘Welcome to our Club’ box that they send you contains two of these. I trust Troilus Equals with my other card.”“So, if it dropped.