....since that day I was dressed as a Southern Belle in a ruffledlavender ballgown, marching in the annual Heritage Day Parade,resplendent in my hoops...irt and pantaloons, floppy ladies had andparasol, and of course, my long satin gloves with the little buttons atthe wrists that went all the way up over the elbows... remembering thatday I suddenly shuddered."Are we ready to face the world?" Lisa asked."Absolutely!" I said.Lisa nodded. "Let's go. There's one more place left I need to take. When I awoke Monday morning, I slipped quietly out of bed, dressed, and went out to run. The weather was finally good enough that I could run regularly. As I ran, I thought more about what Elyse had said. And the more I thought about it, the more I thought it was a very bad idea. Asking Bethany to do something like that would be downright abusive and would undermine everything I’d tried to do for her. I simply could not do that to her.As for Jennifer, she would absolutely accept such a. You know, as I always am. I’m spending time with my friend and when we’re done, we’ll leave and I’ll be home. Not one minute before. Just leave. I have nothing more to say to you.”“Your father will hear about this, young man!”“Hear about what? That a friend of mine cooked me dinner, and I enjoyed her company? That she and I have a platonic relationship? That my steady girlfriend knows I’m here and is not worried about it? Forget it Mother Dearest, there is nothing you can do. And, in less than. We could check up on the monastery and use the radio more often. Plus, we can go into town whenever we need something from the stores.”“Yes, I can see that, but I don’t know...”“What’s there not to know?”“Well, you know that bed upstairs makes a lot of noise when we’re bouncing around under the sheets. The raucous might scare the kids.”“Oh, you dirty old man, always thinking about sex.”“Guilty as charged.”“Want to go now?” she said with a florid smile adding a little innuendo to the.