“So how did you and my daughter meet?” said Cecilia.“We bumped into each other at Pearl’s diner; it’s on my route. And, well, I had the bras... effrontery to dare to ask if it was all right if I shared a table with her. And...” I said.“And, I was kind enough to have mercy on him,” said Lea, finishing my thought.“Yes, she did,” I said. Anna’s turn to smirk. I realized from her look that she, Anna, did in fact know the truth. Cecilia, no, but Anna, yes.Questions about my job. Questions by me about. She said, “You don’t have to call me mom, you can just call me Rashmi ji.”I was thinking how and why? She’s quite a beauty and dad is 20 years older than her. Still, I moved on, settled in my old room upstairs. I started partying with my friends. It was over 2 months before we saw each other again. As I woke up from my hangover from Friday night, Rashmi was arguing with dad.I went down to see what’s going on.“Darling, I have to go to Singapore you know that, why don’t you come with me?”“So that. Finally, after minutes, she spoke."I see big things for Jessica."I giggled. "Big cocks?"Jade laughed, a big belly roar. "Those too, you slutty gurl. But Imeant in life."Then she moved slightly away from me, and looked me in the eyes."Would you let me do something for you?"I didn't know what she was thinking. "Like what?"She smiled, warm and conspiratorial. "Let me pay for your newbreasts, okay? With the same surgeon who did mine?" NO! No, Jade, that's too much, that's too generous. I. Jane's had her baby, a son she insisted on naming Jeff, Jr. He seems like a nice kid, I hope being called "JJ" don't ruin his attitude forever.Josiah, Rastus, an' Martha are free. There ain't no nigger slaves any more. Personally, I'm glad. I asked them what they wuz gonna do, an' all three of 'em wanted ta stay here. I'm in favor of that, an' Jane is, too. Martha's daughter turned out as dark as Rastus, soz that wuzn't no problem, after all. Martha asked ifen she could name the girl Jane, an'.