”Beth and I drove our trucks, with Dora and Eve riding with Margie. We still had some extra trash bags from going over the other girls’ hanging cl...thes, so we didn’t have to stop anywhere. The first thing Margie did when we got to her house was walk in and call Elroy.“Hello, Uncle Elroy. No, that wouldn’t do you any good, I won’t be here that long. No, we’ll probably stop somewhere and grab a sandwich on our way back home, but thank you for the invitation. I think you know exactly what I mean.. Forever. I want to belong to you for the rest of my days and spend them focused on you, not on chasing this deal or that deal, struggling to keep afloat. I think that I’d be happier and so would you. We wouldn’t have to fight anymore, because you’d be in charge and would always get your way. Your wishes and happiness would come first, and I’d be happy for the privilege to serve you. Pleasing you would make me a lot happier than anything that I might otherwise desire.’ Those were his words. I. And the final straw: allowing me to share the walking of my daughter down the aisle when she married her young man. And the killer in that? It was clear to me that my daughter was okay with their plan. That one still rankles.”“Hmm, yes I understand, but you might have been better served to stay and battle it out if that’s the right term,” she said. “Hey maybe they had other reasons for acting the way they acted.”“Can’t imagine what any such might have been,” I said.The work days were long, but. "Fernando's face fell and he mirrored Lucy's words, "I'm a sissy."His friends took a step forward and Lucy spoke again to each of them,"And you're a sissy. And you're a sissy too," she told them.Martin stopped in his tracks and repeated, looking blank, "And I'm asissy?"Juan took another step forward to try and grab Lucy but his hands droppedby his sides and his face in turn fell into a dazed look, "And I'm a sissytoo," he mumbled.Lucy smiled, delighted in their change in attitude. "I'm Lucy,".