.. yes, of course, Mark," Sharon favored him with a meager smile, while Lena patted her hand reassuringly."Let me get you a glass of Sherry," said Mar... solicitously. "It will make you feel much better." Yes, I think I'd like some Sherry."Mark smiled, his eyes touching Lean's briefly. Then he went to the handsome bar and poured a large glass full of ruby liquid from a decanter which sat atop the counter -- a decanter which Wafto had gleefully placed there only minutes earlier. He carried the. ” I said. “I wish it could happen a lot.”“Really? With your mother?” she asked. Then she looked like she wished she hadn’t reminded me it had been with my mother. She looked more worried.All my life I had been taught the nicest thing you could say to someone. I had been taught it was important to say those words, because people needed to hear them. So in my young mind, those words had a special power. I said them now.“I love you Mom.”I could see confidence flow back into her face.“What if I. It seemed to be perfect as our respective families, although living close when we were young had moved to different parts of the country. So there wasn't a place that either of us would really refer to as home territory anymore. Antonia wanted to know how much Henry would charge us for the use of Holland Hall."If I know Henry he will not charge us anything." I told her.We were strolling alongside the hotel's swimming pool which was not being used at that time of the evening. The evening chill. And excitement. "Look what I found," Dawn giggled as she pulled out what lookedlike some sort of kid's plastic toy ray gun. "What are you doing?" Megan asked, wondering if these four womencould possibly be as dumb as they seemed. They were acting likecomplete airheads. "I think we're supposed to do something," Bobbi grinned at Megan,then frowning as she tried to think. From her expression, it almostlooked as if that was painful. "Look for some cute guys?" Giggles giggled, licking her.