"Mr. Brennan caught himself staring and moved quickly into the room, locking the door behind him and turning off the light lest they be seen. Walking ...o his desk, he loosens and undoes his tie and beckons Joey forward.Joey takes his time walking to the desk as Mr. Brennan disrobes, choosing to enjoy the sight of his husky shop teacher giving him a private, albeit brief, strip show. His muscular upper body was covered in hair, only the sides of his torso, hips, and the undersides of his forearms. I made a bunch of turns to throw off a tail, then headed out of town. ‘Check these out,’ I said to Maria, and handed her the envelope. She opened it and dumped the contents in her lap. Garbage, scratch paper, scraps of plastic, and a couple of passport sized address books. ‘We got screwed.” I said. The only thing I could think of was the Al-Can highway. I ditched the truck into a bog a couple of mites from the road and watched it sink out of sight. Then we hiked back to the road with our. When I turned back to ET, he was very excited. He had written me a note, "What was that material you just wiped up?" (To make things simpler, I'm going to use conventional spelling when I describe my communication with ET.)"That was a substance we call 'paint.' Don't you have a similar thing?" I don't think so. At least, I have never seen any. What is it used for?" Paint has a lot of uses. It can be a protective coating, it can be purely decorative, or it can have many other uses." Please tell. They carped and sniped; they took sides. Impossible to forgive her actions and the sudden heart-breaking finality of it; I escaped under a cloud of despair and bitterness.My situation jarred me and I walked out from my hiding place.“Bonjour.” I knew it sounded reticent as soon as I said it.Her radiant smile and two-kissed greeting was my first experience of culture shock; the crackles of energy from her hand on my arm, the second shock.We queued for a taxi and I found it difficult to look at.