“Thank you,” I said softly. “Your welcome. Dr. Motelli will be in here momentarily, good luck,” and the door snapped shut. I took a deep breat...e, got down from the table and quickly slipped off my black strapless maxi dress, white and black satin thongs and matching bra and placed them on top of my things already on the chair. Using my thumbnail I ripped the plastic all the way open, pulled out the blue hospital gown and followed the nurse's directions for dressing while my nipples began to. Four o'clock couldn't come soon enough for me. Suzanne stopped me as I was leaving, objecting to the way I was dressed, with a sweater over white shirt and tie, casual slacks and my leather jacket."She said it's informal. I'm wearing a tie," I countered.I was in the garage, starting her car when I discovered that I had forgotten to pick up the garage door opener to the condo. Not wanting to go back in the house, I decided I would take Loretta to a motel. What if I called and she refused to come. I hugged Jen hello; as always we avoided kissing in front of our parents and only did what we’d always done as kids, which was hug. There was no sense in risking raising suspicions – Mum hadn’t been born yesterday, and she knew us far too well for us to get away with lying if challenged. I was reasonably sure that I could no longer kiss Jen just as a sister, and I’d never kissed her on the cheek like I did Mum and my grandmothers.Dad said hello and chatted briefly before he and Mum headed back. Trying to make up time in the mid-town morning rush hour was an exercise in futility. The heavy rain that drenched the city made things even worse. When, at last, he arrived at the Taggart building he was thirty minutes late and couldn't find a place to park. While nervously circled the block, every spot vacated in front of him was claimed by someone before he could get there.Finally, as he was approaching the entrance of the building once again, a limousine pulled away from the curb. As he.