"You fucking damn well do deserve it you...you bitch!" Dale's furydissipated with his wry joke."You called me a bitch," Cassie smiled meekly, still sn...ffling."Does that mean you think of me as a girl," her smile widened.Dale gently wiped at her tears with his finger tips."That's what has got me so angry. That's all I can see. I see abeautiful young woman," he conceded."Beautiful?" Cassie looked up at him quizzically."Beautiful," Dale whispered.He lowered his face and softly placed his lips on. "I hug Maria, give her and our baby girl a kiss and say, "Well, I'm off to talk to the security team..."I smile at Maria and say, "Wow that's a beautiful baby girl, what's her name?"Maria returns the smile and says, "Jens, I hope you don't mind but I named her after my best friend."I giggle and tease, "Don't tell me you named her Linus?"Maria laughs and says, "No, we named her Jennifer."I am floored and ask, "Are you sure you want to give her my name?"Maria hugs me and affirms, "Of course,. She looked so fragile laying therewith all the tubes connected to her I could almost cry. The nurse told meshe would be keeping her sedated for some time and suggested I go homeand get some sleep. Arriving back at Anita's mom's place I found Belindawas still up and she knew something had happened to her mother. I heldher in my arms and explained as best I could to a five year old that hermother had been in an accident and needed time to recover in thehospital. When I finished she placed her. " You girls are so lucky to have such wonderful parents who love you," shegreeted us as if she knew all about us. She'd obviously seen picturesbecause she knew each of our names.It was at dinner on Sunday that I realized just how much our parentsreally cared, not just about us but people they'd never even met before.We were just arriving at Andre's when I heard Jennifer ahead of us in therestaurant calling to a friend from school.Sophie and I made our way over to the table where Clarice sat.