Bessie maywant me to show you what we do, study the Daily Specials and get ready.I don't take orders at the tables, but I greet the guests at the door.... Ithen check if they have reservations and escort them to their table withmenus." Why can't I come back to the apartment? I can still come back to pickyou up. I'll have plenty of time to change."Liz was thinking. "True, but I think it would be better if you met Mr.Douglas today if Bessie approves first. You look good and we won't needto get. I never did figure out howshe knew when I was doing it and when I wasn't. I was pretty carefulabout stuff but somehow she'd just know.Anyways basically if she didn't like something about how I behaved shewould see it as a reason to "change" me. And that's exactly how she'd putit too, she'd tell me, "I'm going to change you whether you like it ornot." And I still couldn't admit to her how much I liked it, so I'd haveto resist. And I guess sometimes it was just that I didn't want to wearthe. He had just finished when he heard a knock on the door."Come in," he called out hoping it was Karith. Had he used his awareness he would have known that it was not."Do you have a moment to talk?" Galt asked, entering the room with a tray holding two steam cups of coffee."Yes, just let me wash up," Mann replied, and then poured water into the basin and washed his face and arms."Thank you," he said while taking one of the offered mugs and sat on the edge of the cot.Galt took the other cup and sat. She heard the two of them mumbling in small talk while she was in the other room, gathering up two wine glasses and pouring into each of them the deep red liquid. The blonde returned quickly with the two glasses, handing both of them over to Kurt. She couldnt help but to glare sideways at Raven. Couldnt help but to hate her. Kurt took both wine glasses and passed one to Raven, seating himself beside the dark-skinned woman. Just stand there, Elizabeth, he demanded the action of her. She.