It was crowded, but I'd gotten two pairs I wanted at less than I'd hoped to pay! Win for me! Go me! With about twenty dollars left over from my shoe f...nd, I deserved a treat, and a big gooey dessert from one of the fancy downtown hotels beckoned. While enjoying my 37,000 calorie bliss, I heard a familiar voice. "What's a nice girl like you doing in a dump like this?" It was Lee. "Hello, sir. It's nice to see you. I was just enjoying my day out and got some shoes at a great price." Inwardly I. Carla knew it too, and must be reallyenjoying the double cruelty of tricking me outside in women's clothes. Ihad to hide, now. Not only to keep from being kicked out, but also toavoid the awful embarrassment at being seen this way.Keeping to the shadows, I made my way toward the Main Building. Itproved to be harder than I'd expected. I knew the general direction, butit's difficult to find your way around a strange place at night. I hadto listen carefully for noises and scan the darkness for the. When I opened my eyes, nothing seemed to have changed. I only haddifficulty to remember how I got here. That's when a voice out of nowhereasked me, "Tell me your name." Eh... my name is, eh... I suddenlycouldn't recall my own name! How weird was that."If you don't cooperate you won't get any food or water. Suit yourself."With that everything went silent again. Wait. Wait. Please. Tell me whereI am. What is it, that you want? I have money. Please!!! But my pleadinggot no reaction and I dragged. The trash cans are next to the gate. We hear the lids hitting the ground. Suddenly garbage flies are everywhere, buzzing around us, reflecting the sunlight off their golden backs, one lands on Deedee’s face and she shakes her head vigorously and I worry the men will know we’re there. The odors from the truck waft over us — sour, pungent, gut wrenching stink but sometimes a hint of something oddly sweet or vinegary laced within it — it swirls with the flies around us. We hold our breaths. .