A bit of make-up sufficed to hide all but the bruises around both eyes, but even these she was able to make fainter. The nose was persuaded to resume ...omething like its normal size and shape by the application of copious amounts of ice and cold water compresses. Any one could see that she had been hurt, but she still looked beautiful. It was a noticeably batttered but still lovely face that stared out at her. The bogus Consul's promise to disfigure her had proved a very empty threat indeed."I. Today was his yearly scheduled visit with his doctor and he knew he could have a blood test done today that the Doctor would order and if he fasted he wouldn’t need to come back to have the test done another day.Ed’s appointment with Doctor Vince Kruger was at ten. Vince had been Ed’s doctor for close to thirty years. Ed respected the Doctor for how he treated him since he was not hesitant to order tests when Ed thought something was wrong. Besides having a minor heart attack four years ago. Kathy and I slipped into thepool and just talked. David joined us a bit later, and he was all eyes ashe watched me. Inside I was thrilled. Being a girl allows me to havefeelings for him, and I wanted them, but that one kiss told me it wasprobably not going to be David. But, it would confirm my status as a realgirl, at least to me.Mom and I fought a few times about what I could and could not do, hersense of personal safety and how I dressed clashing at times. She almostalways won, but I also. Back at the van, Dora almost immediately headed for the tiny ‘kitchen’ area. As for me, I sat down with my laptop to read a Kindle book.Within a couple of hours she had two sorts of scone – cheese, and sultana – and a chocolate cake cooling on the side. Not long after that, we were eating scones – still warm, the butter was melting on them – and drinking tea.“Oh, my – you’re quite the cook,” I commented. I was about to open my mouth to say ‘you’d make some lucky man a great wife’, but thought.