This is Due to the number of personalities who surface to help inwriting it. I hope you can understand how it is to try and edit someoneelse's work, a...d just take joy from the tale as it unfolds. Thank youall so much for your comments and reviews.Malissa and the GangAndre's kitchen was immaculate, not half the size of the one at school.But it was organized in much the same way.Argot, his father greeted them with joy. Then stood back watching wideeyed as did everyone else, as she guided Rachel. "You know Joan, you could make it for me and consider it payback forhelping you out with the painting?" she tried. I slowly removed thegarment. "Here Darla. Just take it." I was half-surprised when she did. Shestepped into the skort and pulled it up over her bathing suit. "Thanks Joan," she said and gave me a hug. In retrospect, I owed her fora lot more than just the painting help. She'd been beside me every stepof the way. She danced around Dani and me shouting incoherently. Somehow,we all. " So, what next?" I was curious what Beth would decide. We'd never had pets at home either, and I wasn't sure how a cat would fit into our lifestyle."Right now let's get in the house. We can't do anything until Monday anyway."Greg and I grabbed our stuff and followed the girls ... and the cat, whatever his name was.Once we got everything into the house—why is it coming back from a vacation always involves what seems like more stuff than we started with?—we spent an hour or so continuing our. It's like watching an industrial shredder tear something to bits."I covered my mouth self consciously, "It's not my fault they're like that!" I know. I wish I had scary teeth like that." Why?" Then I could bite Tara and scare her off." I'd never bite her. Someone so bitter is bound to taste nasty." At that, Vicky burst into gales of laughter, so much so that several people at near by tables gave us odd looks.We finished our lunch and headed over to the library. Vicky didn't see why I wanted to.