Hopefully the fact that my people all had bows would turn things even more in our favour. We'd see soon enough. In the meantime we got ready.The pirat... boat did exactly as I had suspected it to do as we came about and bore down on it. Quickly the other crew shipped their oars and started scurrying about preparing themselves for combat. I watched them for a moment and then shouted out my orders to my party and Tagus. On my word Tagus turned into the oncoming craft as if we were preparing to. Mama looked at me, questioning me more with her facial expression, than she had with the words she spoke."I'm sure it's going to be fine, Mama. There's still some tension about how things turned out before, but nothing we won't be able to work on over the summer. I'm going to call Brenda tomorrow, and invite her to have lunch with me at the club, on Monday, after I finish my lesson with Dave. You don't have to worry. Brenda and I both want to get everything resolved." Georgia phoned me first. We went over to theblouses and Helen picked out a white one with a rounded collar. She slidit under the straps of the jumper and held it out for my approval. Inodded. "Turn around." This time I did it without protest. "Probably alarge or extra large." We took both.We continued shopping and Grace ended up with a blue and green tartanplaid wool kilt with two leather buckles, paired with a blue sweaterset. In the hosiery department, Helen picked out a pair of wool cableknit knee sox and blue nylon. Cathy lit the joint and handed it to Derek.“Oh, thanks,” he grinned and took a drag. He smiled again and exhaled “Did you pick out a movie?”Derek handed me the joint while Cathy held up the wrapped package. “Well, sort of. Here, open this!”“I thought we agreed 'No Presents’!” Derek mildly scolded. He turned to me “Did you know about this?”I shook my head, exhaled and handed him the joint. “Not a thing,” I coughed. “She just pulled it out a second ago.”He took another drag and Cathy said “Trust.