”He stepped a little closer, looking at the outfit.“Kind of boring, but I get it. You may go back to your work.”The pang of humiliation from bei...g given such direct orders in front of the kids was going to take a long time to get used to.“Yes, Sir. Thank you, Sir.”I spent the rest of the afternoon running around the house, trying to keep up with the mountains of work left to finish. Kate was helpful in her own way, occasionally checking in to help me decide where I should put Vince’s things.. My sister was watching tv, and my mom was preparing mehandi for my sister. Once my mom was ready to apply mehandi on my sister’s hands, she got a phone call from her friend, as they had planned to go to the mall. And because of this, my mom was looking disappointed. But then my mom understood that my sister was just enjoying the youngster’s life.I was watching tv, and mom came to me. She asked me to show my hand and applied the mehandi on both hands. After some time, my back started itching and. She's nice enough, I guess, but, well, I don't know." Just want to play the field some more, huh? Don't worry. There's plenty of girls out there interested in a handsome young man like you."Jim digested this and didn't say anything. He wasn't so sure he was handsome, and wasn't so sure there were lots of girls interested in him. His mother touched his cheeks and then his shoulders. He sat forward a little more and she took him into her arms, hugging him against her and pressing his head into. She waved to one of the tellers, who smiled back. "I've already signed it. I need to talk to Mrs. Rabinowitz for a minute." Sure, Momma." Stephanie got in line and Pat headed to the loan her friend's office."Hi Pat, how are you this morning?" Just fine Sarah." Pat answered. "Sarah, sometime when you have a little spare time, could you rough up some figures and costs for different loans? I guess an equity line of credit or perhaps a new mortgage would be best." Sure, Pat," Sarah replied in.