My mother waded in on Kate's side by casually mentioning to me that Mrs. Townsend had called her to tell her that Clara was home for the Holidays. She...said that Mrs. Townsend was hoping that I'd allow Clara and Kate to get together for at least a few hours, at least once while Clara was visiting. My mother knew that Mrs. Townsend was hoping to use Kate's presence to try to get Clara to decide to come back and live with her. My mother was sympathetic with Mrs. Townsend's hopes. I guess mothers. .haveyou looked at it since waking?"I nodded to Jack to lower the women to the floor. Once touching it,Heinz wiggled her right ring finger in amazement. A smile crept ontoher face as she examined it and her longer fingernails.Honi Meyer brusquely pushed past Heidi and Alexis and took off running!Heidi shook her head several times, disappointed in her new sister.She made it halfway around the far corner before we saw her feetreemerge on the corner's floor. She was apparently lying on her. She wasn’t by any chance a size 0 model, but was chubby, and had maintained her figure. Her face was pleasant too, and when she turned to look at me, I could see her smile with red lips, and I knew I wanted to have her.I told the bartender to give her a drink on my tab, and he did just that. She smiled and called me over, which I did, and started talking.“Ishita.” She said, smiling and shaking my hand.“Are you alone?” I asked her.“No, my friend is over there.” She pointed, and I saw that my. It all felt so good, so real. Maia’s friend Amber was also there, and her and Steve also enjoyed a long hug. Amber had been such a support to both Steve and Maia over the previous few months. As they went to retrieve Steve’s luggage, he couldn’t help but sneak a quick peek. He reached his hand down behind him and…yep. Maia had worn shorts to the airport. She was thoughtful that way. After the luggage was retrieved, they headed for the van that Maia and Amber’s friend drove. Steve sat next to.