Anyhow I managed the situation. In between her mother-in-law brought some tea and snacks and we chat for some time. The whole day I saw Anu was not lo...king very happy as she should have been. Then at night we finished dinner and after that her mother-in-law went to sleep. Anu had already taken her permission to take me to her room for late night gossip. When I went to her room, she was wearing the same black sari and blouse she again hugged me tightly and start sobbing. Again her boobs pressed. Everyone wanted a party to celebrate Rhonda's birthday but she asked to keep it simple. She didn't know her parents would be there to celebrate.We decided to all go out to the lake on the Fourth and called all the local members of our clan. We didn't want to forget all about our younger clan members and those who had never been adopted into a casa. The first surprise I got was when I called Geoff's house. I talked to his brother, John."Man, didn't Geoff tell you he was taking off?" John asked.. How delicious, she thought.With some trepidation and an exquisite sense of vulnerability, Anita trailed Caroline into the parlor, where they found their husbands sitting in large, overstuffed armchairs. The two men were about halfway through wineglasses of sherry. A second was next to them on end-tables. Caroline walked right up to her husband, slipping onto his lap, kissing him warmly and passionately as he handed the full glass to her. Anita was quite turned on by the display of affection,. But I did not.I should have told Angela, "Thanks, but no thanks," on the day when Iran out of clean underwear (had those pesky underpants gnomes stolenthe lot?) and she just happened to have a spare pair to hand that Icould borrow. They were plain white cotton with a very pale pink laceband on the waist and I thought that as nobody would notice, I did notprotest.I should have just denied it to Angela and told her to stop makingsomething of nothing when she had an incomprehensible rant at me.