She held out a towel for me. I was a bit embarrassed for this woman to see me naked, but I remembered all the times she had taken care of Gina in my ...new memories, and saw the motherly look on her face, and I knew I had nothing to hide from this woman. Except, of course that I wasn't really her daughter. But I couldn't take her into my confidence about that. I could tell no one of the identity switch. Not only would no one believe me, they might think I was crazy. Plus I had taken an oath to. I don't know if being on the West coast changed her, or if she was just that type of girl. For some reason, I wasn't really heartbroken, just a little ego-shaken.I had sort of lost touch with Matt during the year, just sending a couple emails during our busy freshman years. He was having a hard time keeping up with studies and the crush of the football season. He too was not allowed to play in a game in his freshman year, only practice. He had went to Illinois who wanted him badly, he almost. You have my word." I hope so," I replied. "I don't want to have to face Jill in the morning andexplain that the party got out of hand." So don't worry. Let's play cards!"The card games started in earnest. There were several tables with four to sixguys around them. We all played "dealers' choice", and played the deal twicearound each table. After each round, the highest winners would play eachother, and so forth. Because we kept putting the winners together after eachround, people, and money,. She listened quietly and heard Jack talking to the cat downstairs in the kitchen. She sat up, swung her legs over the side of the bed and padded barefoot to her dresser. She pulled open a drawer and took out her red lace nighty and slipped it on, then she took the matching robe from the hook inside her closet. She went quietly down the stairs, thankful that none of them squeaked as she stepped on them. As she got to the bottom of the stairs, she saw Jack sitting at the table, a cup of steaming.