"They found her," he said to Andie. "Yournephews found her walking up Bristol Street." He waved vaguelynorthward. "They're taking her to the airport t... her mother."Andie shrieked wordlessly and kissed him. Her car having beenimpounded, Lt. Mendoza was happy to give her a ride to her brother'shouse in Newport Beach, later. After he had asked her for a date, aftershe had considered what she would tell her boyfriend Tony and after shehad accepted because he had asked three times. She wondered what. She asks me why haven't I gotten out of my wet clothes. Suddenly signals from my body make their way through to my brain indicating I should be shivering right now.I grab several logs from the dormer and pile them into the fireplace. After a few attempts a respectable blaze starts warming the room. I wander off to change.When I re-enter the room I find her wrapped in a quilt on the floor in front of the fire. Glow from the flames lick shadows cast on her face. Her head drops coyly as she looks. When you attend that party, you'llhave exactly two choices, and believe me, they are going to be youronly choices! You can be as femininely graceful as you can possibly be,in which case it's very probable that nobody will know who you reallyare, or you can clump around like a boy in a dress, which willcertainly let everyone know exactly who you are, and if they don't getit, I'll tell them, and the reason why! It's your choice to make."After waiting a moment, and seeing the stunned look on my. Since it was your birthday it seemed like a good time to send you. We had no idea that you and Stacie would start dating. I guess it's a weird quirk of fate." So you knew Stacie already through the parties?" I gasp, putting two and two together after so long without a clue. "Then you've probably..." I trailed off, unable to bring myself to ask the question that was on the tip of my tongue. It had never occurred to me, I guess I had always kind of blocked out the possibility of Stacie going to.