Liz knocked then entered, she said, "Joel, I am here with the oil."Joel said, "be right there." He turned the TV off; he still could notproduce what h... needed to do about his appearance being off.When Liz saw the changes to Joel, she knew that Joel did not know thatanything was different about the changes to his appearance or manner ofdress. She knew last year when she bought the exercise bike, that it wassold to her when she was Larry, and she knew what it could do. That waswhy Larry had. She told me it would be $10 for the room and I should pay the guy in the living room. This was something I've never seen anywhere else, hot-sheet houses. We knocked on the door and a guy who knew Barbara let us in. I gave him $10 and he went back to watching TV while we went through the living room and into a bedroom. The deal was that these folks living in cheap apartments would rent out their bedrooms to hookers on the stroll, $10 for a half hour. Personally, I would have just taken it. They all knew it was not likely for they were only a minor group of little import in his plan but still they ground their flesh together in hope of finding some solace in the tingle it provided.The sister of the mayor raised her voice in ageless song in a language forbidden by their unwanted guest oppressors and they all vibrated with the power of the words and repeated them like a litany of prayer to a feared supreme being. There was no joy in their celebration, only breathless whispers of. I quickly, andpolitely, excused myself and went back to find Jackie waiting for me onthe couch. As I was sitting there again, I could remember some of whatMonica had asked me, but I couldn't really remember much of what I hadsaid in return. It was a weird feeling. And I had no idea how that muchtime could have possibly gone by.We resumed the movie and had ourselves a great time. At times one of hersisters would pop in and watch with us for a while. It was amazing howquickly I felt comfortable.