I was holding a man's wallet and a pack of cigarettes. God, Ifelt lost. I had envisioned the ride up the escalator as a glorious moment, but Ifelt s... out of place. I made my way toward the make-up counters and myapprehension only grew. I lurked on the outer edges of the cosmeticarea. The attendants, in their white smocks and their elaborate makeup,were bustling behind the many counters, serving customers, talkingamongst themselves. The sights and smells were intoxicating. In my plans I. Remember, he asked. I really should have known, but at that age, who thinks of such things?The next time I was over, Alex seemed nervous, but excited. He asked if he could trust me, he asked if he could show me something. He disappeared for a few minutes, then, from around the corner, asked me to promise not to laugh.I said I promised and he stepped into the doorway. Alex stood there, staring at the floor, wearing small panties, a bra and a girls, long hair, halloween wig. I didn’t know what to. It is one of his most endearin’ features. The cameraman felt confident enough in his friendship to go up to Brad’s office in the same set of buildin’s and told him that this unknown girl, me, had stolen the scene with my audition and had the rôle sewn up, but that the director was up to his old tricks again and had lured me alone and defenceless to his office on a pretext. So Brad came lookin’ for me.”“No doubt he was impressed by the results of your latest dramatic performance?”“Indeed. After. She hopped into Herbert's miraculously surviving VW Bug and waved goodbye at her house."Drive on Herbert, my dad may get his shotgun." What?" The easily startled Herbert gasped?"Go, silly go."Herbert nervously floored the accelerator and promptly stalled the Bug. "Oh, shit. Sorry." He restarted the engine and they haltingly rode up to speed."Burgers okay?" Herbert asked in his usual brief way."Uh, sure. Whatever." Tina absentmindedly bit her nails.They drove on. Tina was thinking she should say.