A few years back, when we were living near Tony and Julie, the four of us went to a night club that had a mixed crowd—whites, blacks, married, singl..., young and old. They played a good variety of R&B, Old School and Bump and Grind. Peggy loves the 80s music and always gets hit on by white and black men. On this occasion, she and Julie were asked to dance a few times by several black men. Once you open up the flood gates it pours in and this evening was no exception. They danced nearly the. I have never been intimate with another woman.... At least not to the point that I think she is offering. Arbi then turned and looked me in the eye and said, "What about this; If you get 30 good, hot comments on your story about me, then the two of us will spend all Friday fucking until we can't stand. If you get 50 or more comments," and she turned and looked at Liz, "he gets us both for Friday evening and we can do some exploring of each other." And if he doesn't get 30 comments...?" Liz. Clearly, Sanity Records spared at least some expense for us. This was definitely not America at its best. It was an America that smelt of cat's piss; where the carpet was kind of sticky; where there was the constant musk of stale tobacco smoke; where the escalator didn't work; and where the receptionist informed us that rooms were also available by the hour.Despite it being so late, we had to decide who was sharing which bed in each of the four rooms that had been reserved. Only Tomiko knew. I wasn't fooling anyone. She scrutinized my face carefully and at last responded, "All thingsconsidered, you did a very nice job." I smiled at her and we began walking. She took my hand and pulled me toher. The force she exerted almost caused us to bump into one another andfall down. A bout of laughter escaped us both. "Darla? What happened yesterday between you and Sam?" A reasonablequestion, I thought. "John, it was nothing. I was outside looking for Sally when Iaccidentally bumped into her..