There was something odd going on and I didn't like it at all!I walked upstairs to go to mother's room and talk about Daddy. We had been so busy yester...ay with relatives around that I hadn't been able to tell mother how much I loved and missed Daddy. I guess Ijust felt that we hadn't really mourned properly together. So I went up and knocked on mother's door. I heard a scrambling under the door.The door opened and mother was standing in the doorway wearing a peignoir. I guess she had changed out. It was part of a role play outfit John had given her many Valentine’s Days ago. It included an impossibly tiny thong and a shelf bra.She found the thong and slipped into it. The tiny triangle of cloth disappeared into her labia. Well, she thought, I HAVE gained a few pounds! She slipped out of it, realizing the thong and bra were now too small. The robe fit her snugly. Where once it had dropped to just above her knees, it now hit her mid-thigh.She pirouetted in front of the full length mirror.. "What's your name, boy?" I wondered, looking at the dog as he sat down on the thin carpet, content to watch me as I removed my blazer. "I have to call you something, huh?"He just looked at me, his heavy tail thumping on the floor as I spoke. He seemed to like the attention, as anyone would, I supposed."How about Jack?" I wondered with a smile. "You're black anyway."The dog didn't seem to care and I d****d my blazer over the sofa and started unbuttoning my blouse."I guess it doesn't matter, does. However, events would occur which would delay the wedding.The Czar, perhaps feeling his life's mission at an end, with an heir on the way, his son's succession to the throne now unchallenged and Raynoor's upcoming marriage, as unorthodox, yet advantageous, as it might be, died peacefully in his sleep, perhaps his only regret that he would not have the chance to sire additional children for his son.The funeral was followed immediately by Raynoor's coronation as the new Czar. With Vishi beside.