“You were a married lady the first time I saw you.” “That’s why you said unrequited love is a bitch. I was the bitch you were in unrequited lo...e with. Except that you didn’t know that I was checking you out.” “It became pretty obvious when you demanded I take you to bed,” I laughed. “I told you. I was a slut back then.” “You were never a slut, Shania.” “Honey, I was. I was your slut. I was absolutely determined that you were going to fuck me that first night.” “So all that vision stuff was just. Although the party was for Ahiko, as surrogate Quinn was guest of honorand center of much of the attentionQuinn waddled into the living room to find Yumi kneeling at Hideo's feet.They were both watching a porno on TV, and with one look Quinn knew herquiet evening was over. Yumi was naked except for a pink dog collar witha large bell. Her nose had been face painted, the tip was black and a tanoval drawn horizontally out around it evoked a dog's muzzle right down toblack dots for the whiskers. . . You keep changing.”“So do you.” I walk up to him and take his arms in mine. “I wanted to meet you eye-to-eye this time.” And we start dancing slowly to the music.When the night has comeAnd the land is darkAnd the moon is the only light we’ll seeNo I won’t be afraid, no I won’t be afraidJust as long as you stand, stand by meSo darling, darling, stand by me, oh stand by meOh stand, stand by me, stand by meThe young man who is singing, his voice is clear and melodic and beautiful with just a. Its capital, Papeete, has lost its exotic soul and natural beauty to the hustle and bustle of an over-commercialized modern city. In comparison to Tahiti, the Marquises stood at the other pole. Aided by their isolation even from the other parts of French Polynesia, sparsely populated, and resisting commercialization, these islands, scattered like emeralds across a turquoise sea, are the last bastions of natural Polynesia. But there was more to these lush tropical islands than their natural.