I tapped on his door and whispered, "Let me in!"How would you say that in Russian, I wondered?I heard a man shouting something outside of the toilets....A loud voice, becoming clearer as he got closer: calling across to someone that he'd just be a minute; he needed the loo.I knocked more loudly at the door of the cubicle, "Come on, open up!"The outer door of the toilets swung open but the guy didn't yet come in. He was holding the door open while he called out, "Literally, one minute! Half a. The other two were not much better.It was about eight in the evening when we finally rolled back intoHighfield. They would not be expecting us, but I imagined we would beexpected to stay there until an emergency coven meeting was called.Then I saw there was another car already in the courtyard. I did notrecognize it.The others were all for getting out of the car right away, but I heldthem back. "Wait a bit. Let's just see who owns that car. We lookproper sights in these dirty clothes and like. This guy was slick, too slick. I didn't like him much but Marci was nuts about him, and his girlfriend was beautiful and sexy. Stupid me, I had no idea I was being played. It was our fourth meeting when Derek showed up without the girlfriend. He did have a bunch of excuses. I should have put my foot down and said no, but I went along with it.The girlfriend showed up a few more times, but less and less as time when on. Then no girlfriend at all, they had broken up. Again I didn't put my foot. Still, most were quite surprised that she agreed. Non gamers (they assumed she was a non gamer by some of her comments) did not usually spend any time at all around them, and their game nights. Only Brendon seemed to take her acquiescence as a matter of course, insisting that she behave on Chuck’s lap if she was going to watch.The game continued, appearing to the neophyte Niki’s eyes like some sort of crafted role play, with tokens and board pieces that moved as things happened. Not really.