She reached out and took the empty glass from my hand. She placed it on the table then looked straight into my eyes. ‘Only one way to find out.’ S...e stood again and looked at me as if to say, 'well, are you coming or not.' I stood and she turned and I followed her, watching her sharp heels as they clicked on the stone floor. I watched as her arse swayed, tight in the green leather. She hailed a cab and it stopped. They never do that for me. She gave an address, not far away. She took my hand. In fact, Kim and I could even stand to hang out together on occasion. Still, my aunt and uncle never had been able to completely get rid of the chip on my shoulder.I was an example of contrasts. I was able to get straight A's with barely studying, yet I often slacked off on my school work and was prone to getting into trouble at school. More than once my aunt was called to school after I had been in a fight. I had a reputation as being incredibly smart, short tempered and incredibly smart. Almost at the end of the day, Peter texted me and let me know that themembers of the Board were having dinner together and these kinds ofmeetings usually lasted well into the wee hours, so he couldn't promiseto entertain me this evening.I assured him I would be fine.I went back to the hotel with a bunch of people, and a wide variety ofideas were being bandied about regarding dinner and plans and I hadn'tdecided on any of them. When I got back to my suite, the red light wasflashing on the room. Eyes can be so expressive don't you think?"Frankie was rigid with tension."We'll need to trim your eyebrows a bit too. They could use more of anarch, I think. We can pierce your ears today, too. You know it won't takebut a minute and it's just twenty dollars if you buy studs."It was more than he could take. Here he was, a young man, in public,wearing a bright red sun dress, in a bra and panties and panty hose, withpolished nails, sitting at a cosmetics counter having a make-over.Everybody.