The silk and satins felt at home on his smooth new body.He turned and saw 'himself' hurriedly dressing. He was so nervous and felt his new body trembl...ng before the large male. Lady Ann hurriedly explained what he was to do and he nodded submissively. Then she went into how he should behave."Remember Burt - you are now me, Lady Ann Neville. You must know how I and the 'quality' behave - you been watching me all my life." I'll do my best not to disgrace you, my lady." Good! Now get back to the. " And that's all?" I asked."We'll go shopping tomorrow for some new clothes for you. You need to look your best." Don't ignore my question, Mother. Is that the only reason I was invited?"I turned and stood to face my mother, who was only eighteen years older than I am. Except for the age difference, we might be two peas from the same pod we look so much alike. I took her hands in mine and said, "Answer me, Mother." You might not remember Sean. It's been four years since you saw him." I remember. The house was paid for, the RV almost was but insurance would cover that, he had plenty of life insurance (all told, about half a million), plus both retirement funds would go to James and Sally and their children. This added up to close to a million dollars. Several years ago, Bob & Karen had prepaid for their funeral costs so that was taken care of too. Now he had to figure a way to end it and still leave them all he could. He had just come back from the store and Steve had helped unload the. Her pillowcase was wet, almost soaked through and smeared with her mascara.“Laura – Laura, sweetheart, please – what’s wrong? What’s the matter?” I whispered gently to her, caressing her face, feeling the tears there.“Oh, Tom!” Her usually decisive voice was almost inaudible, and trembled so I could hardly understand the words.“Tom, I love you so much, and I believe in you so much, and I want only the best for you...” Her voice died away in quiet sobs.“I already have the best, Laura. She’s.