Friday came round quickly, as I dropped Donna off at 6pm, the town was quiet and there was no-one in the salon, I told her I'd be back in an hour. 7:2...pm I parked outside the salon, knocking on the door as it was locked Gina smiling opened it and let me in. As she locked it behind me she said "She won't be long" as I sat down watching.As I listened the two girls were talking and Gina was saying how happily married she was and asking about me, as time went on Gina opened a bottle of wine and as. Her mouth opened and nothing came out! Finally, she said, “We can do that?”“Sure, why not?”“Here?”I shrugged. “If you want to. Let’s look at a few other places first before we get too attached to any one place.”“Oh.”“Let’s make a deal. For every family vacation we take, let’s also take a mommy and daddy vacation, like this one! For the next few years, we’ll try different places. When we find an island we like, we can buy a place.”“Can we afford that? I mean, can you afford that?” She gave me an. .." Anne's voice cut off. There was silence for a moment before shecontinued. "I'm sorry, I thought... Oh God..." Anne's back shook gently."...why didn't you tell me?" Would you have listened?" Maggie asked."YES! YES! OH GOD, YES!" Anne spun around, racing towards her daughteragain. This time, she caught her in a tight embrace. "I would havelistened!" she sobbed softly against Maggie's shoulder, before shecontinued. "No... No... I wouldn't have." That's why I didn't tell you," Maggie said,. She opened the door as if she knew it was going to be unlocked and unused. I followed her in, and she sat on the small sofa on one side of the room and pushed me to the desk chair opposite.After a few moments of just looking at her, I finally found my voice, and as if on cue, I asked, “What did you want to show me.”Meanwhile, she was fingering the crystal on the necklace that hung near her breasts and was using one finger to caress the soft surface of the stone. I was looking at this, and her.