At one point as she hung upside-down, feeling a little dizzy from the twirling and the strobe light, Olivia caught sight of Mimi. She was sitting in o...ne corner of the room in an enormous chair that to Olivia looked like a throne; on either side of her were small groups of women in slightly lower chairs.One of the chairs was empty and at that moment it looked very appealing to Olivia. Between everything that had happened that day, being swung around and held upside-down, and whatever had been in. I could see how to turn the set off and on and change channels. But what were all these others? I decided to take her advice. I turned the set on and began channel surfing. Soon, I found a rerun of one of my all-time favorite series, "The Dick Van Dyke Show." Ah, young Mary Tyler Moore! How often had I fantasized about being her... being Laura Petrie. So lovely, so sweet, so sexy... Suddenly, I spotted a button that was labeled ENT/RPLC. Enter? Replace? With a full-face shot of Laura on the. If a light touch was like a shock, then it was like a lightning bolt. And the boy continued to blatantly paw me, going lower and lower. I knew what he wanted, and I knew that I had to stop him immediately, but I could not do it. My body did not obey me, I asked him to stop, but he continued. The only thing I could do was tell them to lock the door. Andrei (that was the name of the second student), who was still surprised to observe the actions of his friend, went to the door. I heard the click. Within a few minutes we were at the gates of a U. S. Army compound and driving through the boring architecture of post-WWII military with uniformed soldiers everywhere. Dad followed the signs for the PX and we ate at a little snack bar before we drove to a plain building with obscure acronyms and ordinals on the signs out front. We got out and dad led me inside and down into the basement of the building.It was kind of creepy. Fluorescent lights, cracked paint, and exposed pipes were the only.
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