Myshiny black shoes had higher heels than any I'd worn before. The meaningof the innocent looking little flower continued to trouble me but mythoughts...were interrupted when a man put his head round the door."Time to earn your keep, girls. As for you, Amanda, obey orders from thestaff. Don't go off with the punters or let them get away with too much.And enjoy what's in store for you. Little flower."His stagy clothing revealed him as the club compîre but his voice wasthat of Mike, apparent club. In other words, I might give your staff orders that they think are crazy. I don't want to run the risk of their not instantly obeying in an emergency, and that's a large part of why I'm down here now. Okay?" I understand what you want and that your parents want it too. I'll make sure everyone knows it. Speaking of 'weird shit', we witnessed a considerable amount of that over the last hour. Can I ask you some questions about it?" I can't promise to give satisfactory answers, but you can try. Because, it wasn'twhat I'd been expecting. He hadn't told me it was a gay nightclub, andI had never asked. Why would I? And I'd never heard that our towneven had a gay club. But that shock was soon replaced with first afeeling of acceptance, that everyone should be able to enjoy a nightout with others of similar interests, and then a feeling of gladness.Joy, even. I was almost instantly happy almost to the point of gleethat there was a welcoming place for these parts of society that are. As soon as I walked in, I could see you over in the corner. Would you recognize me? I wondered. As I walked over towards you and you looked up and smiled, your eyes were the first thing I noticed. I recognized them from the pictures I had seen, but your eyes had never looked that alive in your photos. They completely gave you away the fact that you were ready for us to meet. I stammered slightly saying hello as I sat down opposite you. After we had said hello, had a coffee and got the general.