On the other hand, the women of her family gathered in the kitchen on feast-preparation days; men weren't, and aren't, invited.I told Dad that this wa... one custom which was not being passed on to the next generation."Well, I'm not feeling guilty," he said. "I'm her audience when you kids are gone, but it's clearly not the same. Your mother is such a modern woman, and then she is more like her grandmother than like her mother, sometimes. But holidays and feasts do that; we like to go back."That. " She wiped a tear from her eye."Are you kidding? She's a physical therapist, short but feisty and strong. How could-" Bob is an animal, Tony. He beat Connie up." Is she-" She's okay, if you call a black eye and bruised body okay. She left him, finally." Thank God for that. Is she coming down from San Antonio?" Yeah, but she can't stay at our childhood home. You know how she and Dad get along." About the same way you and your father do."Michele nodded. "She's headed this way but she doesn't. I wanted to run to the lake and just dive in but vie never been good at walking on stones. I walked over trying not the hurt my feet even more on the stones then dropped the towel on the same rock I sat on the night before and jumped into the lake. It was bl**dy freezing! I quickly swam away from the rock and dived under the water letting my tits flow. Now I know why people done this. The feeling of the water covering your body with nothing restricting your movement. I came to the surface to. Looking at Kitty I told our new arrival it shouldn't be a problem and introduced her, remembering her from our initial meeting at her usual table."Girls, this is Akia Satō, although she goes by Ai," I told everyone as we all made our introductions. I'm not sure how I ever remembered her name, much less how I ever pronounced it correctly, but she didn't correct me so I assume I got it right.Since I was now dealing with her on a personal level, as opposed to a group of her friends, I regarded her.