(Anne-Mal) Oh yes, Mom is special friends with 'Uncle'!(Mindy) A half hour ago the connection went flat again for about 8 minutes, my ISP is gonna hat... me for all the yelling I do!(Brandy) Well, I'm a few cards short of a deck, myself. I've been looking for the shop in order to get a few replacements.(Anne-Mal) Did you get the copy of the guideline I sent Brandy?(Brandy) Yes, I did. I dropped in on PJ's chat, and learned, the wrong way by blundering, most of the "rules".(Anne-Mal) I never. Then I have a meeting at Red Eye tomorrow. About the funding grant for their new space.”“I remember.”“You can bring it to them and discuss their concerns.”“I can do that.”“I know you can. Could you meet Mimi at the capitol on Friday? We usually meet before lunch and have lunch together.”“I know,” he replied. Mimi was head of the state arts board. She often steered Joanne to promising concerns with weakly done proposals. He’d never met her, not any of Joanne’s colleagues really except Jonathon.. He was looking back at me with a hopeful expression and an irresistible grin.“We shouldn’t. Your sister is going to be home soon.”“The movie doesn’t get out till 9:30,” he argued. “She won’t be home for at least an hour.”“I don’t know…”“Just for a little while. Please, Mom?”That plaintive tone in his voice reminded me of when he was little and wanted his favorite toy.“You’ll have to ask your father.”“Dad, can I?”Don was stretched out on his easy chair watching one of those cop shows he can’t. I don't have to defend myself to you, and my private life is none of your business," When you come to my house and seduce me Natalie," I said. "Your private life BECOMES my business. Don't worry, I'm not going to rat you out to the tabloids or anything. That's not anything I need right now any ways. All I'm saying is that it surprised me that you would be into girls is all," You don't know her," Kirsten said coldly. "You don't know me. You don't know any of us, not even the women you are.