. you were an empty vessel."Dee smiled, "A vessel that needed to be filled."I laughed and kissed Dee quickly on the lips and her lips and eyes smiled ...ack at me."Yes, and Josh filled you physically and emotionally. Soon, I will fill your mind with a new purpose," clarified Beth."To be with him, you and the others ... for the enrichment of our mutual joy, right?" she asked."Exactly," said Beth.Dee smiled. "And now we have to make this permanent?" Yes!" I exclaimed, as my excitement and. Ten years as a single woman had simply given her a dislike of the day when every single person it seemed had a date and got gifts. She didn’t need to do more than turn her head to the left to see that Karrin had gotten flowers, actually multiple sets from the men interested in her and Nikki had a box of chocolates. There was only one woman who didn’t have anything on her desk taking up space while she tried to find ways to waste the rest of the day away and she hated it more than she could say.. We were asking each other questions about our likes and dislikes as we became acquainted.We walked past Maggie’s Hair Salon and I waved to her and ma as they stood looking out the front window. I only told Wanda that I lived with my ma and her cousin and they both worked there at Maggie’s Hair Salon. She told me that her momma and she had just moved here. We both mentioned that we never had any real friends because we were always bigger than those our age and were to young so never fit in with. Trish had no real sporting talent but she already had her heart set on either the role of a novitiate or to go to the nursing school run by the same sisters that ran the convent.Although they were best friends, Trish and Kathy seldom discussed matters related to sex because in all honesty Kathy was a lot more interested in female to female relations than what the nasty boys had to offer a young girl. Trish had absolutely no idea about Kathy's predilections because the nuns repeatedly told them.