Three and half years of high school had gotten me three dates while a sophomore with a guy who was part of the chess team, two dates with a guy in my ...junior year who only wanted to get closer to my teammate, and five other glorious failures of dates with guys who were as much of a misfit as I was. Brother Ricky wasn't much more successful. He was painfully shy around girls, and about the only time he could talk to them was at the racetrack where he felt more comfortable. In geometry? Not a. The other girls started arriving, and as they did I got more and more worried, both about what I had to say later, as well as the fact that Amy and I didn't really belong to this crowd. All of them were a good fifteen or twenty years younger than us!I met Joan and Rachel from Becky's office. It surprised me a little, that she was this open about her lifestyle at her workplace, but when I asked her, she assured me that only a very few people knew. Still, going to work each day, knowing that. They have to visit a number of development projects for their work in the vicinity of the city and I could ride along. I quickly put a few things in a shoulder bag and got with them in the car. In a few days I will drive back with them. They dropped me off at the end of the afternoon at a simple hotel just outside the city. The hotel is beautifully situated in a spacious garden. Grass, some palm trees and flowering bushes. Around that a high wall.Mostly black people stay at the hotel.. He smiled and wondered if she knew how attractive she was like that, withoutthe makeup and the jewelry. Megan stretched and swung her legs over the side of the bed, rising to getRyan's keys. He had yet to be able to find them on the first try. She wrapped her arms around him and murmured "Morning Love, and Happy ValentinesDay." Megan loved Valentine's Day and had been looking forward to it. Every yearhe surprised her with something different. Ryan pulled her against him and brushed an errant.