"And I guess... I've never admitted it... but I guess I was just scared... scared of giving myself after... after your father." That must have been a ...retty bad scene," Lani said compassionately, becoming aware for the first time of the tremendous burden her mother had carried for so long."It was... " Ann admitted. "It was more than bad. It was hell. Sometimes I almost went mad, crazy. I can see it now, and it was silly. It's all been a terribly neurotic, sinful waste. When I think of all those. She debated about staying over with Sian all week. As she was getting ready for Sian picking her up, she finally made up her mind. ‘Don?’ she called. He walked into the bedroom. ‘Wow, you look great!’ And she did. She had found a tight sweater dress that was black, grey and white in stripes, with black leggings. They showed off every curve that she had but was tight everywhere else. ‘Thanks, Sweetie,’ she said. ‘I want to ask you a question. With the ground rules still intact, I would like to. According to my calculations, you're about 20 pounds overweight. Janice flushed with embarrassment. He thought she wasfat! All her work and all her effort and he was going to dumpher because she was out of shape! Panic seized her. Of course, he was right- she WAS alittle heavy. In fact, she'd told John justyesterday at dinner that she weighed 152, the most she hadever weighed. She'd been meaning to go on a diet for a whilebut then she'd gotten distracted by *HIM*. Now. I invited her in and offered her a beer which she took with great excitement. After about 20 minutes of talking she got a phone call from her friend saying that she would not be back due to some "boy trouble". this meant little to me and I asked her if she would like to stay until her friend got back. She kindly excepted. Seeing as I still had my towel on with a tshirt she asked if i was going to take a shower. I told i was going to until she had arrived and figured i could put it off until she.