Fortunately I was able to make my way through the crowd and end up close to the edge of the platform. Unfortunately it took fifteen minutes for the tr...in to finally arrive. With that amount of wait time, the platform had accumulated more and more people. I was elbow to elbow with strangers, and was becoming annoyed when I felt the person behind me begin to push just as the train approached the platform. When the train came to a stop, I quickly positioned myself by the door and eagerly waited. " She walked across the lobby and took the elevator up to the third floor. The hotel was opulent, the fittings were gold, or at least gold coloured, the carpet lush and thick everywhere she walked. Following the signs for 302, she passed several cleaning trolleys, their owners busying themselves in the rooms as sheets flew out the doors and televisions blasted out the news. She knocked and waited."Hi, Emma?" said the young woman. She was unexceptional, but friendly. In fact, warmth seemed to. They do not tolerate any malebehavior from me. Just the other day, Ms. Parker noticed that I wasreading the sports section of the local paper. She ripped it out of myhands! She said that I am only allowed to read women's magazines.Period.Ms. Parker is a good boss. But my real boss on a day to day basis isLakeisha, her daughter. I live with LaKeisha and her boyfriend, Tyrone.I am LaKeisha's assistant at the salon, and at home, I am herhousekeeper. When I am not at the salon, I am doing. I gave him his drink and said "Mick, I hope you don't mind me saying, but I was wondering what your shorts were doing to the bed." It took a moment to register and he shot upright, nearly spilling his drink and looked back at where he had been sitting. My worries were justified, he had left a patch of dust on the white sheet. "Oh fuck, I'm sorry," he said, brushing it with his spare hand. To take the heat out of the moment and replace it with even greater heat, I said "The only reason.