"It's really not very polite of you to stand up this poor guy and not even let him know you're gonna be late. I bet you have his cell phone number, ri...ght, Stella? Just in case something came up. Am I right?" Stella said nothing. When I finished undressing I pulled her little purse out of my jacket pocket, opened it and dumped the contents out onto my desk. Lipstick, compact, cell phone, a few tissues--and sure enough, a little piece of yellow paper with something written on it.. William was still fishing in his pocket as the cab drove away, and Caroline remonstrated with him, waving away the proffered five-pound note. William gave in, and pushed the note back in his pocket."Well, thanks very much, Caroline," he said. "I best be off, now."He turned away and, on an impulse, Caroline said — "Look, how about coming in for a coffee — we haven't chatted for ages — and I am your godmother. You can tell me how school's going." We-e-e-ll," he hesitated. Caroline took his arm.. Saying hello to thepretty young woman and getting a look at her counted to them as pleasant.By habit now, the stair climbing finished in front of the full lengthmirror mounted in the foyer of the condo by the door. The sweat shirtwould come off quickly, as if quickness would somehow change the result,then, carefully watching the reflection, the track pants would be loweredslowly. The figure in the mirror, now in flimsy undergarments, was stilllargely a stranger, a fact amply illustrated by. "And we're all telepathically linked," Murielle added."So we just couldn't help ourselves!" Miranda said, this time."You said that already," Tony interrupted, his head turning from one twin to the other as each continued the other's sentence. "No, wait... she did! Stop that! Will you? You're driving me nuts!" If you have any left," Murielle smirked."After that marathon session," Miranda added.Tony just glared at them. Then something they said popped back up in his mind."Five Phoenix girls?" he.