. Pandora’s box is open and I don’t want to shut it” Aunty Bev smiled and nodded.“I am so pleased. And as for your mum and moving back, I may ...ave some ideas there but first things first we need to get you comfortable with Lydia and then who knows what delights the pair of us can have.” We both laughed again.Aunty Bev stood up and straightened her skirt and patted herself down. She took a paper hanky and dabbed the moistness from her eyes. “ What time is it?” I gazed at the clock on the. She’d been there once, about a year later after she left seventh grade. Being nearly twenty-one now, she wanted to see her former teachers, like Mrs. Gradle, Mrs. DeJohnson, and Mr. Howard. When the summer of twenty-thirteen finally rolled around, she squared her shoulders and made up her mind. After her mother’s reception party in a Hotel about twenty minutes away, she hopped into her car, and headed down an all too familiar road. She was wearing black pantyhose with flashy white pumps and a. The ones on her back don't look good."Ed nodded. "She won't let me."Howard asked Ed, "Did you know that Howie is the Medicine Man of the Kiowa?"Ed said, "No."Howie said, "Ed, Janet is behaving funny with me. I told her to talk to somebody who could help."Ed bit his lip and said, "Do whatever it takes? I understand."Howie said, "I wish I understood."Janet came down the stairs and joined them. She walked toward Howie."Janet, sit with Ed," Howie said.She nodded and sat by Ed.Then she said, "Could. I've never b ... been on a date!" There were no more grins after that. Even the men lost the battle with the tears.The concert was three days away, and Julia could not remember anything but Faith and Dale's wedding that had galvanized the residents of the Tee the way that 'project first date' did. Everyone loved Rachel and everyone knew how difficult her struggle for normalcy had been. To a woman, they were determined to make her date the experience of a lifetime.Of course, none of the.