Hi, this is a special surprise. How have you been?” Is that too lame, she thought saying what she had just said, back to herself.“Well I’m glad ...’m a special surprise. Do you have a few minutes to talk . . . like are your parents close by?” They spent the next few minutes talking about school. Suddenly Amy’s Dad inserted the room key into the door, opened it fully and then carefully closed it causing almost no sound whatsoever, having picked up on his daughter’s phone conversation. Interesting. It had taken me forty-five minutes to get dressed but the look onStan's face told me it was well worth the trouble. He gave me a wolfwhistle as he took my hands in his. After he gave me a small peck on the cheek he said, "I knew you would bebeautiful but I didn't know you would be this beautiful." I told himthank you as I took the arm he offered. As we were walking out the door to his car I asked, "What did you meanyou knew I would be beautiful? You've have see me dressed up before."Once we. I knew his name was Conrad and his address was local, I knew his wife was named Pepper, and his daughters Maggie and Sophie. I knew they had met at the Red Herring, a respectable bar for married singles looking to shed the inauspicious vows of wedlock. I knew, during seven years of marriage, she had been faithful for two. I knew she loved him, and I knew she planned to leave me very soon. ‘Just—just tell me why!’ I demanded in my most frantic of tones. ‘It’s okay, Johnny,’ she whispered to me,. One of the men pointed Jessica to a seat and handed her a wet white cloth, Jessica saw many other girls were sitting all holding their wet clothes over their left breasts where the cuts were made, and Jessica did the same. After a few minutes of waiting 5 more girls came in and took the 5 last empty seats filling the room for the day any girls left waiting in line would either be sent to the right side room or told to go home and try again next year.When the last girl was sent in the door's.