I had just dropped my wife off at the airport for a visit back to the States when I got a call on my cell phone."Island Condos," I answered."Hey, Dick..." I recognized her sweet female voice. "It's Miriam here. Maurice and I were planning on visiting you in St Croix over my spring break."Miriam was a high school English teacher back in Mountain Brook, Alabama."We already bought our tickets for this week until Maurice had to cancel due to a golf outing with one of his most important clients. This. In the supermarketsomeone had almost recognized me. There it was only the children whowere my salvation."In the short time I can't teach you everything, not nearly. You didn'twant to go to dance school, but I'd bet that your girlfriends werethere."I nodded again."Should you wish to remain a girl, then you'll have to make up for timelost. Just so you know what it's like to be at graduation ball at theend of class, you'll reenact one tomorrow. I don't have an appropriatedress, but Grandma bought. When he came over, his eyes were walking up and down my body. When I stepped onto the scale, he placed his hand on the small of my back. After he got my height and weight, I went back to the table. As I sat down, I noticed the drape had been moved over to the chair out of reach and I did not know what to do. I sat on the edge of the table and waited for him to finish recording the results of the scale. He then came over with a blood pressure cuff and no drape. I sat there naked as he took my. ‘You think I’m a wimp don’t you… okay…if I CAN’T take four hard strokes of the cane I’ll give you forty quid… a tenner for each whack… but you’ll get nothing if I do take them!’ ‘Deal!’ She says. In all the years I had been with her I had never known Leanne to pass up the chance to make an easy buck. I take out my wallet, count out four brown ones and place the notes carefully on the arm rest of the sofa. ‘Right… you’d better strip off… it’ll be far more painful on bare skin!’ She smiles.