All the while we didn’t speak. Finally, he said “check inside the bag and make sure there aren’t any more stockings inside.” I looked inside a...d there were none.“So what are you planning to do with these nylons?” he asked. My heart sank a little because I really didn’t want to tell him I was going to wear them even though he knew as much. Dad said “As soon as you said you wanted to stay home I suspected it was because you were going to try and get these nylons.” I stammered “I want them; I want. I know one of them is married to Ted’s, er, Edward’s sister.”“Which one?”“Not sure.”“And her name?”“Patty. Patricia I guess, but I’ve never heard her called anything else.”“And where did you say this happened?”“Victory Park.”“And what and where is Victory Park?”Gerry looked shocked. Well this was Preston, maybe ten miles from Chorley, but surely any local would have heard of Victory park.“Um. You know. It’s the football ground? In Chorley?”“Why would I know that?”“Um. Ah. Oh.”“Football is a. O. up and sat him on my lap. "Do you like Mrs. Caruthers?"He nodded his head, "She nice to me." Heather, how many times have you seen your son since we hired Mrs. Caruthers?" Lots of times."I looked at my mother and saw her shake her head. "Let me talk to her on the phone. Perhaps we can make amends," I said, and heard Heather voice her objection."I will not have that lady come near my son."I asked my mother to get Mrs. Caruthers on the phone before turning my attention to Heather. "You have an. ” Polite applause came from the girls in the audience, as Tiffany’s words hit home on all of them. “Moving right along,” continued Tiffany, “ I think you all know that several of our girls went through some profound changes while the Vectrans were here, and as a result of the alien software on Dee Dee's machines. The first girl is Ebony, and I'm going to let her take over and speak to you herself." Tiffany sat down, and Ebony took her place at the podium. "As you know, I probably went through.