That relegated Sofia and Stavros, Alejandra and Leila and their dates, my brother, my sister and Jorge, and Prajesh and Anala to the other tables. Ely...e had decided to go home, because her grandmother was ill, rather than stay in Chicago as she had originally planned.“We don’t stand on ceremony here, and unless someone insists, we don’t usually pray. So, Happy Thanksgiving and dig in!”Our visiting sailors ate with gusto, having their first home-cooked meal in over four weeks. Institutional. I put them on but they were a size too big. "Sorry honey, mine are all that size, besides it's not like you are going dancing".I felt a foot taller, not too steady, but damn good. Looking down at my now smoking legs I loved the way the shoes made my posture straighten and the way they made my calf muscles tighten. The only problem was keeping them on, I kept stepping out of them but as Victoria said I was only getting into a taxi.With a honk of a horn I grabbed my coat and turned to Victoria,. ’ For Monica, that comment was the straw that broke the camel’s back. She’d been trying so hard to stay together through all this but now she just wanted to break down and give up. ‘Fuck you and fuck this!’ she screamed, ‘I can’t do this! There is no way I am ever touching that bastard ever again.’ ‘Monica, you have to,’ pleaded Jessica ‘You can’t let them win.’ ‘I don’t care! I’m not doing this anymore.’ ‘Please Monica! You can’t give up now. I know what happened was terrible for you but you. I leaned closer to mom and whispered, “How much longer?”“Just a few more minutes, hold on,” she said. My sweaty hands were constantly slipping from the overhead railing. So I let it go completely and held mom’s shoulders for support. A few minutes later, I let my hand travel down on her shoulders and on to her bosom. Unfortunately, as my hand inched closer to mom’s big breasts, she tapped it with her fingers, forcing me to retract just as quickly. “Behave!” she whispered into my ears.“My hands.