Sarah, Marie's sister, moved to Australia three years after Marie died, and Eleanor had only heard from her a few times since then. They had never bee... close and when Marie passed away, the ties holding them together finally snapped. Eleanor just couldn't reach Sarah; their grief kept them apart, each locked in their own private hell.Aaron had passed away a decade before Marie. She still missed her beloved husband every second of every day. He had been the love of her life and when he was. I knocked on the screen door, and got a yell to come on in ... when I reached the kitchen, Mary greeted me and pointed to say "this is Paula..." I shook her hand, and stepped back so Mary could tell me a little about her – but of course, I was giving this girl my own once-over, while Mary went on. Paula was about 5'4", a little chubby (maybe), with a cute face and dark brown hair down to her ears. She wore "Hoop" earrings – which got my attention (something that would repeat itself for years to. Nobody stays home unless they have to!"I could not deny my sister after everything she did for me, especially aftershe spent all that money today!"Okay sis, what do we wear?"When we left the apartment, both of us were wearing short flippy skirts,mine red, Janet's blue, with thin sweaters. I felt as if I was perched on apole, but I just hadn't got used to the 3" heels yet. We went to Spurs, alocal country dance place. We walked in to the hoots of all the guysstanding at the bar, which made me. They were damp with moisture in stark contrast to the dry desert above, their shine picking out the finer details as they reflected the bright glow.The curved walls and ceiling of the tunnel were covered in a dazzling variety of corals. Their diverse shapes ranged from sponge-like structures that were pocked with tiny holes, to intricate patterns that almost looked like brains, to tubular and branched formations that still retained their shapes. There were fossils embedded in the rock, too,.