A big part was what I should do about Tracy. It wasn't going to be possible to be open if she was there. I suddenly felt cheated. I guess it's my own ...fault for not getting a ride from Tracy when I got home.I wasn't going to let our issues get in the way of my saying goodbye. The emotions of the day finally caught up with me and I felt sad. My best friend was going to be moving an hour and a half away. I know we joked about me coming to see her, but we both knew I didn't have a car. The only way. "Well sir, we just happen to be joining in on a special syndication. Seems Tehachapi isn't the only place women are scarce. 'Advertising For a Bride' its called. For an extra nickel we run your ad in five major cities. As well as the local paper, you understand." How much'll that cost me?" Patrick had to look away from the man. His thick lensed glasses made his eyes pop out from his face, enlarging the lashes on his lower eye lid so much that Patrick could see them individually. The sight. I have never had any girls show intereest in me.’ I replied. ‘When I was younger than you I did not have any boys showing interest in me either. Then a man I worked for, Kim So, taught me everything I needed to know and then I had boys all around me.’ Ling said. I thought about what she had said and took another sip of drink, I wondered what she meant. ‘So Kim So taught you how to dress?’ ‘No silly, how to please a man, he taught me about sex, showed me everything.’ Ling said. My mind went. I’d booked us into my favourite hotel, in my favourite seaside town. An unspoilt Victorian town, a lighthouse, so many pubs and restaurants, and pleasant coastal walks.We arrived on the Friday evening in time to unpack, relaxing briefly with a glass of wine before dinner in the hotel dining room. At the next table were a much younger couple, the female of which had huge breasts that were overflowing her dress and kept attracting glances from David, each time he took a mouthful of food or a sip.