We drove across the street to Target. Aunt Sharon led me to the intimateapparel and soon she had a stretchy beige thing in her hands."These are called...Spanx," she said as she pulled on the garment to showme the stretch in them. "They are what the world now calls shapewear.They are a far cry form the girdles of old days but they are very muchlike the control tops your pantyhose has. I am willing to buy you a pairof jeans if you wear these under them, OK?" Oh yes," I beamed. "I promise to wear. “Danny, I know it’s short notice, but I wondered if you could stay back for a while?” “Oh! Stay back?!” “Yes, I’ll try not to keep you long. It’s just that I have something I need a little help with, and I think it might be mutually beneficial.” “I see. Well I guess I can’t refuse.” “You’re sure it’s okay? I did clear it with Darren,” she said, like I had any choice. “No, it’s fine.” So, by the time she had finished talking, people were packing up, switching off and heading out of the. "Of course sir." Lotus said with a giggle. "Please follow me." We were led up three flights of stairs, the inn's top floor. There were only three doors at the top of the stairs, two on the left and one on the right. Lotus opened the door to the right and took us into the room."There is a sunstone light here, by the door," she said, "and another by the table in front of the window. The bedroom is through this door. There are sunstone lights on either side of the bed, and another in the private. “Priest is not gay, I’ve covertly watched him kissing a girl recently. Maybe he’s not ready to talk about her.”“What’s her name, boy?”“You don’t know her, and I promised her I would have her meet my family, but the way you are quarreling right now, tells me that you may never meet her.”“What’s that mean, Priest?” he said.“Maybe we will wait until she turns sixteen, get married, without your consent, and leave not only this town, but maybe the entire state of North Carolina.”“Priest, you.