Heather and I relaxed allowing the children to touch our hands and fingers. We continued to walk towards the club for a drink.Inside the club we got o...r coffee and some morning tea. The two waitress seemed to want to be close to us. I shook their hands and thanked them for a lovely meal. Heather did the same. We left for home actually quite exhausted. When we got home we fell asleep on top of the bed until lunchtime.We got up for lunch. Sitting down in the lounge room finishing our lunch Pam. Twain led Larry to the other bed and said,"Rest for now."Larry had asked, "Why doctor ? I feel fine."Then Belle said, "Larry, you do need the rest. I will help you with thedetails later."Larry said, "Alright Belle. Fourty winks does sound fine."Belle smiled and said, "You will get used to it Larry. Dr. Twain. Pleasesend for Hedi and Jo. Bobbie remain here. Larry, are you still awake?"Larry said, "Yes I am Belle. Is there something more you need?"Belle said, "Yes there is. Tell Bobbie what. My name’s Bill – friend of the groom. May I say, you have the most beautiful daughters. But of course, they would have to be with such a beautiful mother.” With that he reached up and briefly touched Lisa’s arm.The father of the bride half-smiled. Not exactly a people person, Bill noted. But Lisa thanked him for his compliment. “We’re both very proud of our girls. But you know it’s what’s on the inside that counts, and we raised our daughters to be good Christian women.”“I can tell, Ma’am. Fine. ‘God, I hate them. I never asked for this, you know.’ ‘So why do you stay?’ Marsha asked, softly patting my hand. So I explained even more, each word a violation of various oaths people trained for years to understand, where as I undertook responsibility of them just by grabbing a goddammed stick of wood with a string attached to both ends. With nowhere else to turn to, I had invited Marsha out to drinks so I could melt my brain. We had never spoken, and she was strangely comforting to be.