I’ll see you later.”Picking up the journal, Ed dropped it off in his room. After that he went in search of Ling, thinking that she could use a bel...y rub. After searching for her, he finally gave up and went into the kitchen where Marguerite was cooking some sort of soup. Teasing, he asked, “What kind of witches brew are you making now?”Turning to look at him, Marguerite said, “One of your favorite brews. Wisconsin Beer Cheese soup.”Making a face and holding his hands around his throat like he. ... kinda rare forsiblings, especially those of opposing gender, but we've always had aclose relationship.It was a Friday afternoon, on one of my usual weekend visits, that Sis,having just gotten off the telephone, confronted me with an unusualrequest. Request, or was it a command?"You want me to do what?" I asked. I had to hear this again. This wasincredible!"You heard me...I said I want you to fill in as a bridesmaid at Dee'swedding!I began to shake my head "no." Me? A bridesmaid?...this. Even if Gillian Jarvis had been single he would have been reluctant to approach her with any romantic expectations, in fact, to approach any woman in that respect was at that time considered by him to be impossible. But that was when he first knew her, would Jake make a move now, so many years later, if they were both single? In the January update of the company telephone list, that Jake had printed out and circulated a couple of months earlier, the entry ‘Gillian Jarvis assistant manager. I put on my bra, and rimmed my eyes with a touch oflight crayon eyeliner. The doorbell rang, and I hesitatingly answered thedoor. But all attention was focussed on the trick-or-treating kid, whocouldn't have been more than 3 years old.8:00 was drawing near, and there were no more trick-or-treaters in sight.I added my blush, contoured the outside corners of my eyes with deep redand blue shadow (red on one eye, blue on the other, of course), and usedliquid eyeliner to add batwings. I was.