”“You do what you have to. It’s ... natural.”“Women aren’t going to line up for me...” Kanye defended himself.“Someone will. In the me...antime, we’ll both do what we have to. Okay?”“Okay.”By then, they were home. Each of them went about his or her own business.‘Was he really that ignorant?’ Lucille wondered. ‘I guess it’s possible... ‘Lucille’s curiosity prompted another odd conversation at dinner. “Kanye, do you know – I guess this sounds silly – what women look like?”“Well...” Kanye pondered. "Oh yeah, they are good and dry. And that setting lotion has worked well.They feel nice and stiff." She began to unroll roller after roller, starting in the front. My hairuncoiled from the curlers to reveal perfect little ringlets of blonde hair.I sat and watched in raptures as my new look was revealed. "Oh they look heavenly Michele. I think a perm will hold really well inyour hair." She said as she continued pulling out the rollers, tossing themaside when she did, and pulling on the hair. It had a hot, spicy bite that wasn't supposed to be there, and Iliked it."You have departed from the traditional recipe I see." I decided to add a little heat, so to speak, to our cold soup with afew shots of Tabasco." I like it. You seem to be willing to move outside the norm, trythings that are different, perhaps even daring." I suppose so, if in the right situation and with the right person."He had just said the right thing, and I looked at him with renewedinterest in my goal. All I needed. The position is almost reminiscent of how I would sleep with friends during sleepovers when I was young, but with Lauren’s naked body on display, it feels anything but friendly.Nobody speaks for a few minutes as we lay there looking at each other. The silence should feel awkward, but it feels more intimate than anything else.“How did it go with Jackie?” she finally asks.I almost forgot that even happened tonight. Happy hour and my drink with Jackie feel like so long ago. My stomach tightens at.