"Laugh it up. Turns out I had an inner ear infection and got dizzy. Luckily Phyllis got concerned and checked my forehead and it was hot," I told Gina..."Ever since then, David always bums a beer off of Dad. You should have seen him at the block party we had. Here is this twelve year old shooting the shit with my Dad drinking a beer when his Mom shows up," Alan said. I cringed remembering that day. "I thought she was going to kill both Dad and David before it was over. When they finally explained. No season changes in this part of the world. Everything stayed pretty much on an even keel, constantly. The constancy of the place is what appealed to her most. Well, almost most.The favorite thing of all, of course, was the company. No stuffy dinner parties in this setting. No black-tie, fair-weather socialite friends. And especially, no demeaning and insipid men.She had grown pretty tired of the lot of them anyway. Except her father. And she missed him dreadfully. Her one compensation was in. No one pays any attention in there and I waited for the secluded toilet. Got over it and poured the shot out and poured state one into it. Flushed and walked out. No one was seriously watching the tray because they were busy so no one noticed that I put a full shot back on the tray.I got them to the group and obligated everyone to have one with me; I made up some celebrations. Amy did hers just like everyone else; I checked the clock and it was 10:00 on the nose, perfect.I hemmed and hawed. It was there that she found her old clothes werereplaced with the harem costume she had picked up. "How am I going toget home?" She thought as she slipped into the bra, panties, veil andTurkish trousers. "I should have picked an outfit that didn't allow me to gobarefoot." "I overheard you in the dressing room." The owner said as she stepped outof the dressing room. Her feet slipped out from under her and she fell flaton her face. "Don't worry, I'll take my lunch break and help you home.".