Quickly the old woman finished her examinations, turned and nodded to theman and she left the clearing. How she left or where she went wasunknown. T...e man stood there looking at the line of the twelveprincesses in front of him and they continued looking downwards, notmoving, not saying anything."Come here, little one," the man commanded (note - all exchanges were inMandarin Chinese, but I am providing an English translation).Somehow I, now fully aware that this young princess and I are one. I slowly walked up to the door and pushed it open further. All I saw where 3 matching big boxes with no one in sight; I checked my things just in case my roommate didn’t lock up well and someone came into the room but nothing was missing. ‘Umm excuse me?’ I heard a voice from behind. I swiftly turned around. ‘Hi, I’m Alex’ A beautiful brunette stood by the door of my room, from her hand bag; I knew she was the owner of the 3 matching boxes. How could this be, my roommate a girl? I stared. ‘Are you frightened, by perfection?/Is this who you are, not who you want to be/I walk the line like Johnny Cash/I made the bus in seconds flat/I called your line too many times/I’m not obsessed, just impolite.’ I listened until it faded into silence, I was only a quarter of the way to my car and had just crossed a street to stand in front of a building. I wasn’t paying much attention to my surroundings until I noticed something strange. I looked around me and all I saw were trees around me. Get a grip on yourself. You know better than that.So... Irene.I am not sure I want to talk about Irene. Phil is a bastard who fucked around on me even in our first year of marriage. I didn't know then, as I was rather blind at the period. It certainly wasn't because he was discreet about it.I remember Irene hinting at it. She had been divorced at that time, only a year and a bit after marrying this sleaze ball Dean-somethingorother. Yes, we two girls had a great nose for perfect husbands.She.