“Dad, kids aren’t like they were when you picked out my first car for me and paid for it. Now it’s all about them.”“Well he drove a junker t...e first couple of years, so he already done his time in with a ‘just transportation’ car. Okay though on the loan. He doesn’t need to know it’s me putting up the money. What’s his plan for after high school?” I asked.“Of all things, he wants to be a cop. Go figure,” she said.“Not here I hope,” I replied. I was secretly proud of him.“No, I have convinced. And Dorable was on shore at the shipyard. Otherwise...”“So that’s what we do? Leave Dorable and stay at the house with Pickles?”“That’s one thought, but that wasn’t my plan.”“What do you mean?”“That hurricane tore up the marina. The storm surge raised every boat there seven or eight feet, and when they came down, it was chaos. I don’t want to risk Dorable.”“You think we can outrun the storm? See which way? Go east or west?”“Let’s see what it looks like tomorrow.”Anchored in the lake, the mesh. "Jane had quite naturally confided in her mother in the lack of Simon'ssize and prowess and whilst Amanda could not help from laughing at thethought of rich boy Simon's inadequacies, she truly was sympathetic to herdaughters needs. She had agreed with Jane that an early exit from themarriage was appropriate but not before Jane had extracted some"compensation," for the disappointment Simon had caused. Amanda evenoffered to allow Jane to deposit monies extracted from Simon into her bankaccounts. Mostly alone,but on some weekends I would have friends and coworkers over to enjoy theboat, kayaks, fishing, BBQ's, beers /wine and conversations. All whileboringly attired. But on most of the weekends, once the yard work wasfinished it was time to me to really relax. I would start with a long hot bath where I shaved everywhere, followedby a moisturizer with a sweet scent, then matching lingerie, and anhour at the make up table in the spare bedroom. I had discretelyacquired it all.