....An hour later the dinner had started we were all seated and the chat wasflowing. The usual introductions had taken place and as was usual Ken andL...nda had gone for a look around the flat while I chatted with Emma.Clare had excelled herself with the soup it had been delicious and wewere waiting on the main course to come through."Emma how's the girls team coming along these days?" Ken asked."I'm struggling Emma," said as Clare brought in the first plates."We have not a bad group this year. ”“I’ll need to run to the store, then,” I said.“Let me go after we eat,” Kara said. “Alicia needs to be here for Jess and so do you.”“Unless she freaks out because I’m here,” I said. “Is that why she became hysterical, Alicia?”“Possibly. No, probably. But I have some very mild sedatives that I can give her that won’t affect a pregnancy. I’ll keep the dose low if we need to do that. I wonder why Doctor Barton didn’t tell me about that.”“Because Jess told us she was having an abortion about three. She was even more surprised to find out where I received myexposure to Japanese culture. Most of Megan's family loved her andthought she was a very proper woman for their son, but she was differentthan your typical McCormack and therefore was still an outsider.As much as I enjoyed having to return the favor and give the time of day,I was becoming depressed thinking of my own two girls and had to leave."I got home about midnight. I saw you crashed on the couch and justcouldn't bring myself to. Lexi knelt down by her Mother's bed and took her Mother's hand in hers "I need you so much Mother, no one can take your place, not ever, it's such a strange world here, so very big, I'm trying not to be frightened but sometimes it doesn't work and I just want to run and have you hold me and tell me that everything is going to be ok, why don't you want to stay with us anymore? Mother, don't you love us any longer, I know I'm a silly scardy cat as Con puts it, I know I get all teary and cry a.