I loved my white patent-leatherpumps. The song finished and everyone applauded as if we'd just taken firstprize in the All-American Dance Contest. We ...miled at them all and tookour seats at the center of the wedding party's table. It was time tomake the toasts. A roar of laughter ensued as Billy had absolutelynothing prepared. Fred, once again, came to the rescue. It seemed thatone of Fred's many jobs was actually performing DJ services at weddings.His tuxedo was clearly no rental. I can't. " Well, you get to show your daughter just how good it can be. Are you ready?"I followed her up the stairs, Carol still looked pretty good, I must say, and I reached out and patted her butt as we went up.We turned and entered our bedroom and there was Allison sitting up in our bed, the covers pulled up to her waist. She, I think, had arranged the top of her nighty to show some of her breasts, almost to her nipples.Chapter 2Carol began getting undressed, I wasn't sure if what, if anything, she'd. ”*************** Nick sat awkwardly at the edge of a couch in the impressively large cinema room. The room was brand-new and no expense had been spared. Two rows of 3-seater couches at the rear were followed by a couple of single armchairs, all arranged before a 25 foot screen. How the other half lived. He’d been looking forward to catching up with Ted and now he would be alone with Sara for the next few hours. Well, almost alone. His heart drummed in his barrel chest. Maybe he could engineer. In my world you wouldn’t last five minutes.’ ‘What world is that?’ I asked dry mouthed. ‘Some people, who don’t know better, call it Sin, as if it was a place you could drive to. It’s a world of hard men and even harder women, drugs and money that sort of thing. You’ve got to watch your back constantly, not only for your enemies, but for your friends as well. ‘Look out there and see the clubs and the clubbers – there’s not many about tonight – they’re nomads, moving from one noise to another..