The walkof a block and a half to the main street was very difficult wearing those6 inch candy apple red pumps. By the time I arrived, my feet were"kil...ing me". Fortunately, it only took me a few minutes to flag down ataxi. It was the first one that I saw, and it was headed in the opposite direction, and he made a quick U-turn and pulled up to the curb, jumpedout of the taxi, came around to the rear passenger door, and opened it upfor me. I was so shocked with his eagerness to drive me someplace. Oh, I know that men aren’t saints. Earlier today, a longtime friend of mine, a guy named Stanley, disappointed me in the worst of ways. The local public library carries several books that I’ve written. Most of them are in the African-American section. I picked one of them and gave it to Stanley as I saw him sitting at one of the library computers. The dude seemed really excited about the book. He picked it up and told me he’d borrow it from the library. Guess who I saw casually tossing the book. ." Your wish has been granted. You still have one more, if you're ready touse it and release me from your service."I fumed, and said, "I need to think about how to word my wish."He bowed and said, "Take your time, but as I told you when you found me,you had best not wait too long. Less than a month, I'll be free, whetheryou wish or not."With that, he vanished, going back into the old lamp.I sighed, and left my room to go down for supper, trying to ignore thefact that my dad was wearing a. My head spun a little under the weight of the circumstances, and I could feel my heart knocking about for some more air. I quietly drew in an even breath. She let her shoulder strap fall to her side. I shuddered - the near bareness - the corner of her shirt held-up entirely by the protruding breast, dangling on the edge.My hips moved forward slowly, uncontrollably and I pushed up on my toes, tightening damn near every muscle below my waist. My calves turned to rocks under the pressure. With a.