Her seemingly perpetually hard nipples were poking out of her think top, attesting to the fact that she wasn't wearing a bra."You look great. But you ...ad better not let Derrick get you alone," she laughed."Mother," Elaine said in mock frustration as she put her hands on her hips. Then she had to smile at the snide look on her mother's face. She turned and sat on the bed, her smile fading."What's wrong?" Sandra asked as she walked over and sat next to her daughter."You know what's wrong.". Before I got pregnant, he was insistent that, whenthe time came, I would have to give up my career and be a stay at homemom and I just couldn't do that. I was already further along in thefirm than he was and I am not cut out for domestic life."Both the ladies laughed. "That's for sure," said Maureen. "You'd be themost competitive mommy on the playground." So, if I wanted to stay married and have a family, one of us had tobecome more domestic and, if only for financial reasons, it wasn'tgoing to. Mandy suddenly tugs at Andrea's sleeve, nodding down the tumultuous hallway with raised eyebrows. "There she is!" she hisses.Andrea glances in the indicated direction and sees her immediately... Lindsey Crill, the person at the very top of their most-hated list. And, unbelievably, she's walking directly towards Andrea and her friends."Kristen!" Lindsey addresses the girl to Andrea's right, touching her amicably on the arm. "What's going on, hotness? I know it's been a long time since we've. ”The Lord of the Forest turned slightly away from the two ladies glancing back at them over his shoulder causing them both to catch their breath. “I’ve been following him all day” whispered Louise softly into Alice’s ear “you are lucky that he noticed you so quickly! I’m Louise by the way, Lou for short if you want”The breeze increased slightly blowing a few golden leaves in the direction of the Lord; he shook himself slightly and sat down, once again glancing at the two women who were still.