I literallyreeled with excitement.Anne produced the dress she had selected for me. It was a simple, dark-grey, velveteen sheath that fell to my knee. ...his was worn with amatching, similar length, coat. I bent my head as Anne gathered the dressand slipped it on me. She pulled and tugged it into place and then helpedme into the coat."Nearly there," she announced. "Now back to the chair." I sat down andAnne proceeded to put a wig on my head. She asked me to hold it at thefront whilst she tugged it. “When we next meet, the course will be different, and you will be expected to do it alone. I encourage everyone to study the materials I gave you. Now, which way do we go to get back?”As they trooped off down the trail, I sat down hard on a rock and tried to forget them. Some rustling caught my attention.“Good speech,” Rick said as he came up to me. “You sure you’ve never done this before?”“Done what?”“Been a guide.”“I’m not a guide. But I have been one of those scared, whiney kids. At least. ”“Any new friends?”“A Hispanic guy who plays guitar and his girlfriend; otherwise it’s Robby, Lee, Jason, and Pete. I don’t see Clark too much now that we’re not roommates, but we did give him a ride here.”“We?”“Clarissa is with me. She came out to her parents and they promptly kicked her out of the house.”“What loving parents,” Jocelyn said sarcastically, shaking her head. “Speaking of that, how is Tasha’s dad taking the idea that you guys decided not to get engaged?”“He doesn’t know. Tasha. Her work was cited worldwide, and her discoveries lined the halls of museums around the globe.This fame and skill had not come without cost though. Being a successful woman in academia required a degree of social sacrifice. Dr. Anderson had to develop boundaries between herself and her assistants and colleagues for fear of appearing to "sleep her way to the top". This had given Jessica a reputation for being an ice queen, but she did not care so long as she was successful.Her level of prestige.