After the sofa-humping we took them into our kitchen for drinks andwe immediately became good friends. I was a bit embarrassed by Marvin'sconstant fli...tation but truly honoured when Yolande insisted I try on someof her clothes.It was great to have this opportunity to make some new friends, ratherthan those "inherited" from our former selves. Yolande and I startedhugging each other whenever we met. I admired the bright colours she woreand envied the way her chocolate skin showed them off. It was. "You?ve got a HOT BOD? honey" said Lisa, laughing. "You better becareful with that rack and that little figure of yours. You?ve got thesexy Snow Bunny look with the stretch jeans, high boots and that tightsweater. The boys are going to love you, blondie." Stop!" said Mike, annoyed as she teased him. "That?s not funny." Ok girls, that?s enough now," said Claire as she re-entered the room."Monique must now work on a few things in preparation for work tonight.Please excuse us now Lisa while we. Kidnapped!!’ she said in a weak voice before turning angry.“You let someone steal our children?” she hissed at me in rage and started hitting me with her fists. I quickly grabbed both of her hands.“I didn’t LET anyone do anything!” I screamed at her, letting out all or most of the rage and frustration that had been building up in me all of this time.“I was returning the cart to the pickup point when a black van pulled up behind our SUV, and they snatched the kids. I raced back but only managed. Camilla and I were dressing for dinner. Again! I'd been realizing that, back in her accustomed metropolitan setting, she was far from the homebody she'd been during her week at my cabin. She wasn't exactly a social butterfly, flitting from party to party with reckless abandon, but she liked them. And she liked going out, seeing people and being seen by them and doing things with them and being, basically, the belle of whatever ball was at hand.The odd thing was, I was finding I kind of liked it.