Except on Wednesdays. In those days, the moguls of high industry all closed their various establishments at noon on Wednesday, so his father, too, enj...yed this luxury. , the beach at the Lake Michigan shore was the only refuge from the stifling heat. In the heat of Summer, the entire family would cram into a taxi and ride down the long, long hill to the beach on the Lake Michigan Shore, Midfield’s only refuge from the stifling heat. The old man would walk down from the train station to join. This worry resulted from the home pregnancy test Claire used to convince her doctor that he needed to take a second look at her menstrual condition.He apologized profusely about misdiagnosing her condition.Claire had more faith in Chad than he did, himself. Likewise, when it came to her own capabilities, she wasn't worried. It may have been that she wasn't saddled with the emotional baggage of her previous life. Not having that tends to make a person more confident about her own potential, and. We hear a door swinging open, then faint footsteps, getting louder – clicking on the concrete studio floor – and pan around to see who’s coming…She’s a middle-aged woman, very pale, a bit soft without being fat, wrapped in a plain black bra and panty combination, from Marks and Spencer rather than Agent Provocateur.Her walk is a little heavy-footed and she carries her hands awkwardly, not sure how to present herself – they’re held infront of her, fingers touching, and then they’re hanging down. “Holy cow, that’s going to be one big pool, just how deep is it going to be in the middle?”“It’ll be 8 feet deep in the middle, 48 feet across and 24 feet wide. We went with one of those pools you told us about from ‘Paul’s Pool Emporium’. He made us a deal, ‘We Couldn’t Refuse’!”We told him about the survey work we did and were about to do. He and Ed just shook their heads and Ed said, “I can’t wait to see what it looks like when it’s finished. Maybe we’ll have to start having parties over.