“It was horrible. I don’t know why she thinks she’s going to be a model, she can’t pose to save her life. She has to wear so much make up it l...oks like spackle. I don’t know how I’ll get her to look good in any of the 800 shots I took today. God forbid she wants any shots that you could take an off-road vehicle to, either! I had to haul all my gear everywhere, up a goddamned mountain through a forest! I’m so tired.” I complain, and you listen. You put your journal away and start to kiss my back. ..?” Janine simpered. “I'm just picky I guess,” I grumbled. I really didn't want to discuss my sex life in present company. “So, once you find the right guy, you'll never let him go, right?” Marco said, leaning over my shoulder. His knee bumped my hand as I reached for the gear shift. “I need the stick.” I said flatly. He backed off. I spent the rest of the trip in silence while Janine and Tabitha giggled about prom dresses and joked about slow dances and who got to be prom king. I parked in. Don't ever give up. I had to fight for your mum and I never regretted it for an instant."Thanks, Dad."I have no recollection of what I purchased for Alice's eighteenth birthday. I only vaguely remember attending her party, sneaking away early like a wounded animal as Alice posed for pictures, bracketed between Phil and David, as she celebrated her entrance into adulthood.I returned to university, managing to move back into student halls again for the final year so that I could be situated close. No one's gonna hand it to us. We have to actually do something if we want to see if it's a real baby or not. That's what I see."Allie gives Jill a hug and says, "I think I see what you mean. I just don't see things as fast as you do. What can I do right now to help you?"Jill gives her a kiss and says, "I know it's hard to see right now, but I know when we think together, we're a lot stronger. I think we can do anything when we think together. So... what can you do to help right now?"Well, it.