"I'm willing to try, but I think we'll need to reevaluate. There's a lot to change when we add up what the three of us need to do."Anna said, "Abby, y...u asked what I'm going to do. Well, the first thing is that I'm going to spend more time with each of YOU – alone time – just us, the three of us, I mean. We've drifted apart. If we don't start there and see if we can't find the glue that bound us together at one point, we may as well quit. We can't do that being in three different places in the. ‘Miss?’ Lori looked to her left and saw a lanky Asian man dressed in black slacks and a smart white shirt smiling at her. She stood up straight and forced a warm expression onto her face. ‘Yes?’ ‘Can I help you?’ ‘I’m here for the Loomis party.’ ‘Oh good, they’ve been expecting you,’ he motioned his hand towards the banquet room off to the side of the kitchen, ‘They’ve been here for some time now.’ Lori followed the waiter past the general dining areas, the thinly veiled haze of eastern incense. "Did you notice how full his lips are?" said the girl. "Women would killfor lips like those." For some reason she was making me feel good about myself, something Inever would have thought possible, dressed the way I was like a oversizelittle girl. Sally and I walked back into the main shop, holding hands,and were greeted by a crowd of women, all waiting for us. I looked downat the floor, unable to look into their judging eyes. Aunt Diana unhooked me from Sally so I could get my hair washed.. There's plenty of cold water from the bore but don't drink it, the taste is terrible."The talk eventually got around to fishing. "Sister Mary and I grew up together Jim, both of our dads were keen fishermen and we often went out in the boat with them." Would you like to come out fishing with me then?" I asked.Sister Mary's eyes lit up, "If it's not to much of an imposition Jim we would love too, although our habit doesn't lend itself to boating."Annie told them that she could outfit them in.