It was as glorious as she remembered, the floor, ceiling and sloping walls glowing with the beautiful phosphorescence that she knew was exuded by the ...denite females' hides and the likewise glowing mothers—now ten of them, she noted—in a row before her, with the clutch of eggs, glowing themselves and much more numerous than before, behind them. The cavern itself also seemed to her larger than it had been, which only added to its majesty."You certainly didn't exaggerate, Amanda, it's. " She had to agree. For the first time in years, she felt pretty and special."Are you ready Mrs. Jakowski?" a lovely young girl in a white robe asked."For what?" Your waxing." What?" Mary Ellen asked and looked at Dana in surprise."Mary Ellen, this is Jennifer. Now go with her sweetie. You definitely need it." But... but..." she stuttered and her face turned red. She knew about waxing but had never even considered it.The young girl took Mary Ellen's hand and Dana pushed her to follow."The. .. Katie, had died. I'd been unable to come home for her funeral though I had so desperately wanted to. I'd sent flowers of course, and even received a nice letter back from Kathryn thanking me for thinking of her, (of them) but it was also the last I ever heard from her. Now, ten years later and once again arriving back in my old stomping grounds, I couldn't help but wonder whatever had happened to her and Kathy as we drove by the old place on our way over to my parent's house.My mother's. I thought she'd be upset to hear Bea using Mr. Parsons first name that way, and for the things she said about him. If she was, her laughter didn't demonstrate that too well. Bea was giving me ideas about what to say to Brenda when she called. I was surprised that she agreed completely with Mr. Parsons about how I should apologize and offer to play in the tournament with her."Bea, I can't play very well. We're going to get creamed if we try to play." Kenny, that isn't important. In fact, the.