Liz looked at her as though she could read her mind, "Honestly Eveline,sometimes you're hopeless. If you were a bloke I'd say you need to keepit in yo...r pants" but she didn't really mean it, and she couldn't staycross at her friend for long. She had her way of doing things and Evelinehad hers. She knew they had to agree to differ on the subject, andsometimes it was fun listening to Eveline's exploits, although sometimesshe also got a little embarrassed at the details. "Besides," added Eveline,. I asked her if she had a couple picked out and after she gave me a quick kiss she said she did and hoped I was okay with what she wanted to do.I think I am pretty open so I said I was sure I would be good for it and asked what her plan was. I know she usually has everything all planned out in advance. So she said she wanted to meet up with a girl from the gym and her husband. So I readily agreed figuring if she knows her from the gym she should be foxy like my wife is.My wife asked if the. ”“I was trying to divine his intentions toward my only daughter,” said Mr. Carter, still very serious.“Don’t harass the poor boy, Ed.” She looked at me. “Come in, Bobby. What’s up?”“I need to find out what color Val’s dress is,” I said. “The one she’s going to wear to the dance,” I added, just so there wasn’t any confusion.“I don’t think she knows, yet,” said Mrs. Carter. “She’s been trying on dresses all afternoon.”“How many dresses does she have?” I asked, surprised. I wasn’t sure I’d ever. Jacob isn’t too happy about that. This is supposed to be fun and the show tonight will be painful for her and not really her choice. She can do it but doesn’t really enjoy what will happen.”“Is there anything Beth or I can do?”“Not unless she starts bleeding or really screams. Even then, it won’t be popular for anyone to interfere with the performance. I think the shows are getting out of control with everyone trying to do something better or more shocking than the prior one.”“I’ll talk to.