" I would miss this painting, it was over my fireplace at the old house and it had hung there for nearly six years until the divorce."Actually, if we'...e all very lucky, it won't be the Hallings that will be your most bid upon item. Instead, let's take another look at your three seascapes for a minute, because I think that they're each very special."I'd always liked the seascapes, they were bright, colorful and breezy. They lit up any room they were hung in but I'd never been able to figure out. They'd done enough of that when Manny was young. That last couple of years with Manny off at school had spoiled him.She lay down while he removed her panties. "You know," he said, "she's not likely to come knocking on the door at the critical moment, any more. She has Ed to talk to." And, being a married woman, she knows precisely what the squeaking bed springs mean,"Jerry didn't want to think about that. Not about Ed making the bed springs squeak under Manny. His Manny -- his little girl.He. Jackie said, "I've read about PTSD in books. I have never seen a lady with PTSD. I have read that it sometimes happens in the convents as the women are trained. I've never heard about it in anyone as old as Sally. Are you sure?"I replied that I was and that Sally had said so when I talked to her. I added that knew people who would help her with it. I said I would send for them when we reached Jewel. Once those people had helped Sally, she would most likely be able to function completely. Guess I am. Sorry." Lucky for you, she's a sister." Sara raised one eyebrow. "Knowing you, she'd probably turn your crank." Now that's not nice," Laura smiled. "She obviously turns yours."Sara smiled mysteriously back at Laura. "I guess in a way she does."Laura recognized this moment as a time when she could pout and turn petulant, perhaps playing on Sara's clear uneasiness at broaching this question. She decided not to do it. After all, you haven't been a saint, she reminded herself. You love.