"With how her Uncle Marcus accused her of mocking his son and the beratingJames got, Sally thought that James was accusing her of mocking him."Don't b... like your dad. You wanted to wear the dress." My dad knew?" James, tell me what you remember. " Like I said, I remember us having tea parties. We would sit at youryellow plastic table, and I would feel so pretty and right in that dressand bow. It felt normal for you to call me Sarah. We would talk about usgetting married. We were going to be. The fun five disappeared, saying they were going to help get breakfast ready. Taiying had taken my mug and brought it back with hot coffee. She sat up in the captain's chair, looking regal and smiling at what she probably knew was a unique sight, a tiny creature in the big captain's chair in front of the big busy console.The Italian kids came up to look at everything, and Gina's daughter asked me, "Are you going to be my Papa?"Gina heard her and tried to shush her. I smiled at the girl, and. "Wake, Anne. Wake up, girl," she said loudly.Anne rolled over and opened her eyes, saw the stricken look on the woman's face, sat up and asked, "What's wrong?" Your father is dead, my girl. He died in his sleep. His body is already hard and cold."Anne choked back a cry, inhaled deeply and put her feet on the floor. "Are you sure?" She felt as if there was a stone in her belly, a large cold stone and there was an odd ringing in her ears.The obviously distraught woman nodded. "Quite sure. You. Dougie did try to make some green orange juice, but the combination of green food coloring and orange juice created a bluish, blackish purple.Tiffany had turned domestic since she and Doug became a couple, something I never thought I'd live to see. She wasn't any Betty Crocker or Martha Stewart, but she was working on it. It was all new to her and Doug, and he was grateful for anything she did to show she cared for him. They were both seniors in high school but were discovering each other and.