I reminded him that Lenora Lopez would pick up the cost of his ticket. He informed me it wasn't necessary."Pete, we're in trouble and may not be able ...o get married. That is if my dad and Lenora can't get it straightened out. It is all because I'm a month too young."This was a call from Ginger to my office. "What's the problem, sweetheart? I thought everything was covered." Pete, we need a California marriage license and Dad has to appear with me to apply for the license before the county clerk. Adriana beamed and hugged Nicki all over again, “Of course! I’m so honored!”We finally got away. Addie was still excited and couldn’t stop talking on our way home, going on about buying a dress (I reminded her that Nicki would probably want matching dresses for her bridesmaids), wondering when and where they’d have it and so on.I asked her if Nicki had ever talked about what might happen; would she move to Sacramento or Samuel move here. That slowed her down a little, “No, guess we’ll just have. Me aur wo sath hi school jate the. aur use choti thi jiska naam sushma tha uski school dopahar ko rahti. mai aur smita school mai sath ate jate isliye hum dono mai acchi dosti thi aur sath hone ke karan hum dono khub masti karte the. meri mummy jyada tar chachi ke sath apne saheliyo ke saath hi rahti aur gappe ladati thi. mummy ka naam kalpna aur chachi ka naam anita hai. me aur smita aksar ghar me akele rahte the isliye khub masti hoti thi ek din chachi ki tabiyat kharab thi aur unko bukhar. “Just open it,” she returned. So, I eagerly ripped opened the wrapping paper and opened the box. With a puzzled expression, I just looked at the contents. Reaching inside I removed a pair of tiny baby size sneakers, and then next came a tiny baseball glove. Under the baseball glove was a miniature baseball bat, the kind the give out as gate prizes at Ranger stadium. And last was a tiny Rangers team jersey. After I looked at the stuff for a while, I said, “Unless there’s another box with a doll.