I knew most everyone that would be there. It was at The Bistro, an upscale bar and grill. When I arrived, I saw my coworkers in a group in a back area...of the bar. Joey saw me and immediately started my way. He took me by the hand and introduced me to a few employees I didn’t know. I knew several of the lawyers from business dealings. I saw a few whispers traded between Joey and his friends. Joey seemed to take a lot of interest in me, asking about my husband, children, etc ... I know he saw my. Then just a week later it will be Katie’s fifteenth birthday and we’ll celebrate it by having sex. Her first time.None of that is happening tonight. It’s just my parents and me with the television on. We’re in the Central Time zone, and Mom and Dad popped the champagne at eleven when the ball actually dropped in New York. They even let me have a glass of it. It was sour and tasted funny but it made me feel more grown up to be allowed to drink champagne with my parents when we toasted the new. Die tanzende Frau verk?rperte reine Sexualit?t. Claires Appetit war geweckt.Was die Blonde in den Augen Claires aus der Masse hervorstechen lie?, was dasImperative, Dr?ngende, Befehlende, das sie nat?rlich, selbstverst?ndlichausstrahlte. Niemand sonst auf der Party in der gesamten Stadt war sich sosicher, war so ?berzeugend, strahlte so viel Geborgenheit aus. Diese Fraudominierte die Menge um L?ngen, und wenn es auch sonst niemand wahrzunehmen schien,f?r Claires Augen bestand kein Zweifel. Die. In a way, whoever held my remote, held my soul, and I was delighted to serve them to the best of my ability.Yet I also retained my earliest memories - memories of operating semi-autonomously for those first few days of figuring things out for myself. I passed them along to Anna when we shared data more fully over time. The abilities I developed because of that experience would help me in important ways in the future. Without them I don't believe either Anna or I would have ever made it to full.