He stood from the table, and put a hand on each of Angels shoulders as she scooped another bite of eggs into her mouth. But first, Im going to take yo... to the mall. Youll need a dress. +-+-+ The mall was more like a local gang hang out. Everywhere you turned there were pimps and their girls, thugs, hood rats, drug dealers, and other people who would generally be labeled as trash or ghetto. Angel kept her eyes low as Rich led her to one of the smaller stores. It was a womens apparel store, and. "I don'tknow what to wish for."I only had one wish coming, so I wanted it to be perfect. It had to besomething that I couldn't get any other way, something that I wouldn'tcome to regret wishing for later in life. I stared at the bracelet fora moment longer, imagining all the possibilities, then carefully set itback into the box it had come in and locked it again to remove thetemptation. As much as I wanted to make a wish right then and there, Iwasn't under any time constraints. I could take. You’ll never see a group of Thais working a calculator to see who owes what at the end of a meal. You are obviously better off than your new Thai friend. So it follows that you will indeed be his meal ticket. If your relationship extends past the first night, your wallet will become his. And Thai bar bois love to shop. If he needs a pack of smokes as you walk past a 7/11, get your wallet out. If he likes the color of the T shirt he spied as you walked past a street vendor’s stall, get you. I expanded. "You ever smoke marijuana?" A couple of times. I even inhaled!" Did you get stoned, the first time?" No. I wondered what all the fuss was about. I got sort of sleepy, and things seemed sort of unreal. I didn't get stoned until the third time, I think, that I smoked." That is the effect I am seeking. With trust, and enough practice, you can learn to find your pleasure in what appears to simply be pain. It is a learned skill, just as getting stoned is, but other folks have mastered.