"I'm so happy you came, Daddy said you would. But I wasn't sure." Shewas all bouncy the way any other teenage girl would be."Stephanie calm down, let ...he poor girl at least come into the housebefore you embarrass her." Smiling at me she said. "I'm Jeanine,Stephanie's mother, and you are?" Stephanie Madison, Warrant Officer." I held out my hand in typical ladylike fashion with, palm down and slightly curled fingers extendeddownward. She took my fingers in a warm welcoming grasp."Welcome, it's. An array of uniforms was hanging in it and I selected what I thought would be her size.“Shoe size,” I asked curtly.Her head spun round to the direction of my voice.“Eyes front,” I commanded, “now, shoe size?”She moved her head back to look away again and, with her voice a timorous whisper, replied, “Size 4, Miss.”I picked up a pair of black size 4’s with a three inch heel. There were others of that size with higher heels but she may not be used to heels and I didn’t want to scare her away. I. We got the call, but the Texas Manager was instantly out of the dugout and calling for a replay.You really feel like you're on your own when you're on or around the mound while the 'blues' or umps put the headgear on to check a play. I was watching the play on the video board and it looked like the ball just barely beat the runner. It would have been an easy hit if Escobar hadn't barehanded the ball.The umps separated almost two minutes later, and the first base ump pumped his fist with the. I fanned Helen with a magazine from her table. Once Bea came back, I lay the cold washcloth on Mom's forehead and I sent soothing thoughts to her mind. Both girls looked to me with pleading eyes to make things all better. About that time Mom came back to the world of the living."Britney Alice Hamner, you've got this talking in someone's mind too? I thought it was only Ben, not you, too?"Brie looked at Mom like she was crazy, but I interrupted, "Mom I think that Brie was just so worried about.