Elaine wanted a divorce on his return and hewas livid.At Kirby's he selected a girl who looked the most like Elaine out of theprocession of bargirls o... offer. She was roughly the same build asElaine and had her hair styled the same way. Except for her almondeyes, through Ray's drunken fugue, she could well be Elaine; even heraccent sounded American.Usually the protocol was to buy the girl a few watered-down 'B-girl'drinks at inflated prices before paying the bar fine and taking the girlback. Near the end of the lesson Ruth and I collapsed on the floor shedding copious amounts of tears. I thought back through my life and pondered on the fact that in the last week, I had cried more than in all my previous years. Stephan of course came to my aid and after having a wash, and the application of the salve I felt a little better. Will seemed to be taking more of an interest in Ruth now and did what he could for her. He'd spent the night in her bed but I don't think they did anything. I even gave you some nice plump lips and pink makeup."I responded, eager to show I wasn't some sex toy, "Like, I'm totallynot a bimbo. I'm soooo, smart and stuff. Why doesn't anyone believeme?" I stamped my foot in protest, but all it did was make my new boobsjiggle to the delight of the audience."I'm sure you are honey." Cassie played up the scene for the audience'sbenefit. "In fact, you're so smart that even though you know your nameis Brittney, you can respond to Britt or Britt-Brat or any. It was a text from Ms. J. “Take a shower, shave, brush your teeth, come up. 10 minutes.”I wondered if she was a night owl, in which case I would need to adjust my sleep schedule to hers. I jumped out of bed and moved as fast as I could. I didn’t want to make noise knocking on her door at that hour, so I sent a text “Here.”“It’s open. 2:12,” she pointed out I was two minutes late.Stepping into her apartment for the first time, I tried not to look like I was inspecting it. It seemed ordinary.