Maybe she changed her mind.Chloe: So did you miss me?Here comes the elephant I was talking about.Me: I did.Chloe: I missed you too! When we met I was ...ot myself, I even forgot to ask your number.Me: Me too!Chloe: Hahaha! That’s weird! So you met Rose.Me: Yes, Rose, Anna. And some of the others.Chloe: I really wanted to be here, to introduce you but. Sorry about that.Me: Don’t worry, it’s not a problem.Chloe: Aren’t you forgetting something?Me: I am?She pulled me and kissed me! Oh, God. Here. ”Jasmine spoke up. “I started to mention something about paying them when Diana took me aside and cautioned me not to insult them. They had no intention of charging us because they consider us to be friends. They’re the owners of what Diana described as a large construction company, and they are also Jeff’s Project Managers – whatever that is – yet they volunteered to come here, and do the work themselves, even though they barely know us.”“Well, I still feel guilty about them working full out. And Mom.”“Rehearse it with your Mom, Cindy. We can try it both ways.”A week later, Cindy takes little Stoney from my arms, bouncing him. My son does not LOOK at Cindy with that silly vacuous look that babies sometimes have. It’s almost like ‘One day you and I are going to work on things together.’ But he’s smiling and happy. Cindy however...“You made me a crying mess, you know...”“Me? How?”“Oh, I went to Mom’s and told her what you said. She says “Let’s try that” and then she sings that song to. Along with every inch of the rest of her.Now, as she tiptoed about the garden, the brilliant wings flutteredgaily in the breeze, a riot of dazzling color that drew even moreattention to her ridiculously sexy antics.As Joan and Fatima watched, grinning lewdly, Umma bent forward at thewaist to drink from one of the fountains and nibble a few bites from ahanging feeder. Her lips and tongue, grown skillful from constantpractice, drew the sustaining fruit and liquid into her mouth with asensuous.