Except for me buying my own wedding suit and getting airline tickets for Tiny and Terri, Diane and Florence were handling the rest of the preparations...for the wedding. Diane had flown up to Portland the day before, and was planning to be in Salem right up until our wedding day. She had phoned me twice already since she left. I had made reservations for us to have a ten day honeymoon on a small island off the coast of Washington. I had put aside any doubts and jitters, trusting to my feelings. “Have you made any New year’s resolutions Pauline?”“Well Miss, really my only resolution is to find a place to live.”“Oh well, that shouldn’t be too hard, should it?”“I hope not Miss.”"But I'm speaking more of dreams and hopes and shaping your future. That kind of thing. Do you follow, Pauline?" Yes Miss." Paula said quietly.“Well, my resolution is to find someone to confide in. A real soul mate. You know what I mean? Someone I can tell my darkest secrets to. Do you have anyone like that. It was the only time that she'd seen the women wear something and that was just a sports bra to prevent injury to their breasts during the exercise. It was all rather confusing to her.As if adding final insult, her bedroom was the basement. Emotionally exhausted, she had stumbled to bed feeling like a dog. She had fallen asleep the previous night crying.The door to the basement opened and Susan called down, "Get up here for breakfast." Okay," Denise answered. She climbed out of the bed and. Not many", Peg smiled. "But this one appears to be a doozy." No argument there."Jim looked at his son and said, "I hope this girl is worth it."Warren put his finger over his lips and pointed towards the curtain."Yes she is. You'll see," he whispered."She's in here?" Peg whispered."Yeah." Why'd they do that"?"Soph insisted. She didn't want to leave me." What's all that yelling"? Jim whispered."Her mother. Wonderful, isn't it? Thank you guys for not doing that."Sophia's mother emerged from behind.
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