..” she said.“Yes, I see what you mean. Well, you do need to get him the picture, and it has to be right away. Have it professionally done and obv...ously so. That way he likely won’t be asking for a lot of them down the line. We’ll go through it once and that’ll be enough,” he said.“Good, good,” she said. “I see what you mean. Yes, I agree.”“Did he ask about Kari?” he said.“Of course, he did. And he gushed about the picture too. He really is concerned about her, or maybe it’s more about him and. He was ten years older than me. So, I was twenty when I marriedhim. Already at thirty, he had this salt and pepper hair that makes women lookunkempt but makes men look sophisticated and dangerous. So he was, I was laterto find out. Sophisticated in his tastes, from food or drink, nothing was tooforeign, strange or disgusting for him not to try. With him, I developed ataste for exotic foods, frog legs, escargots, and monk fish liver. You name it,the more potent the flavor, the more he craved it;. Their parents took care their physical needs, but not their emotional needs.That was absolutely true about Jeri, and I wondered if, ultimately, that’s what she had needed from me. As I thought back over what had happened, and how it had unfolded, discounting things she’d said in favor of truly understanding her actions, I was fairly sure I’d finally come to the correct answer. Jeri needed someone to love her and care for her, and once I’d done THAT, she could understand how to love and care for. Toss your blankets in the laundry. Get naked. No. Do it now!"While still humiliating, Pinky considered it a very rare grace that his punishment be delayed, and luckily, the birthday party wasn't going to get a long view of him from his bedroom, down the stairs, to the laundry in the basement, if they stayed in Helena's bedroom. No such luck. As soon as he stuck his head through door, he saw Anna and Sara laughing with Helena right outside her bedroom door, and others chilling through the the.