I ordered a more expensive meal than I should have. Bill insisted on picking up the tab. To reciprocate, I decided to invite Bill and his wife to my a...artment for dinner. I bought steaks, fresh asparagus, wild rice, musk melons and two bottles of French wine. Two hours before I expected them, Valerie called. She told me that she was terribly sorry, she could not make it, but her husband would still arrive on time. That was a real disappointment. At least Bill was coming. He arrived, apologizing. He was going to be late for his first lecture!Tom frantically grabbed some clothes from the closet and ran into the toilet. He looked at the mirror, and pulled on it to reveal a small shelf hidden behind it. He quickly applied some shaving foam with one hand and he washed his shaver with the other. Pulling the shaver across his chin as quickly as he could, Tom went a little too fast and a little too hard. He winced as a small red dot appeared on his chin. Tom slowed down a little and finished. It had been an hour or more since they heard the boom out to sea and still there'd been no sign of the Retvizan. Some of the men were beginning to wonder whether the explosion had been from their own vessel. Pavlov had tried to reassure them Gorshin wouldn't let the Retvizan be damaged but, as time went on, even he wasn't so sure."Lieutenant?" a lookout called, "company... a whole party of them coming, sir, with their chiefs out in front." Right! Roscoe, follow me."Pavlov and the American. “ I don’t know?” Sally replied with a soft giggle. “ Any way I got to get ready.” Sally said moving to her locker. “ If you see that woman again, you let me know, I want some of that money!” Lana replied smirking as she turned to go back to the mirror and make up station. Sally hadn’t done very much other than her usual set of songs and one private dance for an elderly fellow, who seemed to be on his way out. Occasionally she kept an eye out for the woman with dark brown hair and pale white.