"Hey, Em," said her father. "What was all that door-slamming I heard earlier? Thought it came from the front hall." And just like that, she knew her m...ther had told him everything, but that he was going to pretend he didn't know. He seemed to like doing that--something about wanting to hear the story in that person's own words. It drove Emma nuts.But, if he wanted a story, she'd tell him one. "It was Jase," she said. "He was ... Leaving." Oh?" said her father. "Has something gone wrong?" Well,. Our daughter Karen even calls them her uncles. I don't know what we would have done without their support so we were determined to make it back to them.So this was my time to help pay back their generosity and it looked like I failed. I was supposed to hire a local dancer named Diamond we knew. Sue was a great help in planning Mike's bachelor party with me. Even our daughter Karen got into helping plan the party. We had the cabin all stocked with food and lots of drinks. I collected a bunch of. Because this," she motioned to her injured body, "wasthe punchline." He let her sob for awhile after that, and then shefinally said, "Don't let my mom come in here. Not yet. Not until I'vehealed some. This was already too much for Ms. Adamsen, I don't want mymom to see me. Go find Frank, talk to him." Frank? That Seeker guy?" Yeah. He's got family in Larsen City, he should be able to track downleads pretty fast." She tried drying her tears but it didn't seem to behelping. "I wanna see that. "It was a big mistake. It looks so nicelong." It really does," replied the stylist. "Especially with all thosecurls." Thank you," she smiled.The next time the girls were due at the hairdressers, was at thebeginning of August. Jessica was hoping that this would see no trimmingat all. This break from her having a visit every two months was due tothe wedding preparations. It would mark the first time that Jessicawould have anything done to her hair since she had started growing itout.But for now,.