.."The next few days flew by far faster than time had ever passed for mebefore. I got used to the idea of spending an hour or so everymorning, dressin..., doing my hair and experimenting with makeup. I gotused to wearing delicate little heels on my shoes, and conductingmyself in an acceptable manner, while wearing above the knee hems. Ilost some weight. I learned that I loved doing house work, even thedoing of Uncle Wally's laundry. It made me feel some how as though Iwas acting like a kind of. Plus I’m sure he wouldn’t mind.” I said grinning into the refrigerator as I looked for something to drink. “Mom, could I have a coke with dinner?”“Yes, I suppose so.”“I’ll have dinner and then go to my room and read, I got a new Mickey Spillane novel.”“That’s nice honey. See you tomorrow.”I laughed and dipped a small amount of chowder into a bowl and put the bowl in the sink. I am supposed to wash my dishes and put them away, but I rarely do. Mom will see the bowl and spoon and assume I ate.. The shadowy man across the table was silent, and all I could see was his hand holding the back of his cards to me. He elected to take two, and I held. Since the bet was fixed - here I glanced at Angela butting her cigarette - there was no further betting.He laid down his cards: a single pair of aces. "Let's see what you got," he said.I laid down my hand in triumph."You lose," the man said."Lose?" I barked. "How the fuck can I lose? My straight beats your pair!" Take a look at your cards," he. Ellen was unhappy with her nakedness and she showed her displeasure by not being in the proper position when David came down the stairs, and by being as unresponsive as possible.Finally, David said to Danielle, "We need to do something with Ellen. Her attitude is deteriorating and we are losing control of the situation." I agree, David. I think you should start her training without me, I should be able to participate in about a week, but we can't wait that long to start."They spent the next two.