"Were you going to punish her?" she asked. "Did you save it for me?" Not yet," I said. "I'll tell you a secret. I did punish Karen for talking about m..., but I didn't spank her as part of that punishment, because you had taken it for her. But I also told her that she was going to be punished in the same way, every time that I was with someone as a result of what she said. Are you willing to take the spankings for those times as well?" Yes," she said."OK, then," I said, standing. "I'll come see. The job was easy. The job was an insult to my intelligence. I got phone calls from friends and family that night. They all wanted to know about my first day. But they specifically wanted details about Matt Steiner: Is he as cute as he looks on TV? Is he as funny? Did you see his place? Did he talk to you? Did he tell any jokes? What was he wearing? The questions were so banal that I wrote down my answers before they even called me. I lied and told them the answers that they wanted to hear. I. You're smiling when you untie and yank off her other shoe then both of her socks and you laugh when you see her purple toe nails."Whaddareyadoing?" Sam mumbles nearly incoherently and you climb on top of her."Your toenails are painted. How lady like." You laugh and Sam winces, covering her eyes with her hand."Say anything to anyone and die." And the threat is said with a laugh so it loses some of its menace."Don't worry. I won't tell anyone that you paint your toenails." You giggle and Sam. "Miyuki looked at Masumi, and said, "I just hope that he doesn't beginto like it." If he does, he does. And, we support him."Miyuki kissed Masumi on the cheek, saying, "You are really somethingelse."When Sam came home, he was all excited. He told them that no onerecognized him. And, that he and Paul, had told everyone that he wasPaul's cousin, Samantha. He sat around the rest of the evening inToshi's clothes, and didn't seem to be in a hurry to take them off.As time went by, the twins never.