" Hello, Zena, nice to meet you," the big security man offered. Zena nodded and smiled at the friendly face.They sat, sipping coffee that Vera had pro...ided earlier and making small talk for the first five minutes. Tex got the immediate impression from Bill that Zena was a very important person in his life, and with his unfortunate experience with Marion, something special was required. He would wait for Bill to fill him in."Zena, why don't you fill Tex in on Roger Traubel. Just tell him what. Suzanne had wanted to go to Bangkok orPataya on the Gulf of Siam. David insisted she would enjoy this city better. He'd worked in the Middle East with Koreans and Vietnamese. His friends had visited Manila, Singapore, Hong Kong. He's been to Bangkok and Pataya himself.Bangkok is for western tourists he had said. That was where the western tourists went. The Orientals and Asians go to Kuala Lumpur, and its really down and dirty there.Apparently the Koreans swear by it. The city seems to have. With all the recent publicity I wouldn't be surprised if they stationed a permanent lookout up there this summer."Vince was referring to a local newspaper article chronicling the sudden jump in teenage pregnancies in Hallville over the last few months. Trudi knew at least three girls from her high school class who had somehow managed to get themselves knocked up. Wrinkling her nose into a puzzled look, Trudi said "I really don't understand it you know? I mean, we get sex-ed in eighth grade now,. I couldn't tell if it was friendship shining through or something morebut I was destined to find out before the end of the night. "Thanks," Iwhispered, the sound of my voice struggling to fly through the airfilled with sexual tension."Hellllooo?" sang a voice and all the tension went clunking to thefloor. Tyler blinked as if the sound had set him free from my spell. Helooked at the door."That would be Andre, he's here to do my make-up," I explained, wishingthat he wasn't so punctual. "Oh OK..