She was officially divorced. There was still the matter of the house selling but that was essentially out of their hands now. When it sold, any profit... would be split evenly.Since we were going to be out anyways, I had called and made her an appointment to see an ob/gyn. It was a surprise even to Sally. We all knew she was late and so far I had not given in to Brenda or Beth to buy a home pregnancy test. But after the blood tests came back, it was confirmed. Sally was indeed pregnant. The nurse. I was confused and unsettled. She was likely the perfect person to talk with. ‘I’m starting to have second thoughts about the wedding,’ I said. Both their faces took on expressions of shock and horror. ‘No, not that. I’m having no second thoughts about the marriage, just the wedding.’ Their relief was almost comical. Then Sunny got a suspicious look in her eyes. ‘No. I didn’t do that on purpose. I think I can give you a good idea pretty quickly. The guest list has reached eleven hundred. Lodge decided to stay home and check the tapes to see if the girls had gotten over their shyness. Slipping down to his secret video vault he switched on his viewscreen, selected one of the tapes from Friday and inserted it into the VCR.He prepared himself a drink and settled into his easy chair and began the playback. At first nothing unexpected showed up. Betty and Midge were returning from the kennel with his prize St- Bernard and got him to the wash basin. They then followed that with a. “Yes, ma’am...” Jeremy said uncertainly. “What’s wrong?”“And they were involved with dismantling the Program in the Colonies ... erm, the U.S.?”“OH! Is that what you mean! Yes, that’s right, they did, but they also proposed this project—the Avery-Denison Program—to the National Program Committee. Amelia and I had been writing about human rights issues and they drafted us to help in the Program Committee presentation. Kevin’s known me for more than nine years; he was almost part of my family.