When Beth saw both of us, her eyes got wide. Mel fired her opening salvo, "Okay Miss smarty pants. What's mom going to say when I tell her you made ou... with my boyfriend?" She won't believe you," Beth tried, half-hearted, her fleet taking serious damage.I laughed, "Yes she will because I'll tell her it's the truth." Damn the torpedoes.Beth could see she was taking on water. "What do you want?"Melanie looked like Nelson at Copenhagen. She had her little sister right where she wanted her. "Okay,. He pushed my head again harder causing me to tilt forward landing between her parted legs.Momma called again from the bedroom asking why Dawn was crying and again Ronnie yelled at her to "shut the fuck up!" For over three weeks she's been confined to bed as her due date was in less than two weeks and she really ballooned up. Carrying four babies like she was made it impossible for her to move around, let alone work any more.Even though I was eight and a half months pregnant myself, I was still. And she reciprocated my love. But in the end, I was poor enough to keep the lottery choice. And she was not.’ ‘She was given away?’ Valentine nodded. ‘Her parents found her a nobleman of wonderful breeding and rising fame. Our last walk together ended when we found his procession pulling up to her home to announce the pairing. Her parents hadn’t the decency to tell her, and she was literally ripped from my arms hysterical. I sank down and wept as I watched her carried away. I’m not sure I’ve. ‘Chelsea tells me her American guest her this evening, Miss Dora Dixon, Clyde’s Hamilton’s new wife’s daughter, sings, although not professionally. What she does professionally is paint faces for big bucks. Most of you here will know Clyde is still on his honeymoon with that honey of a woman Rosella. So if there is sufficient support Dora will sing for you.’ Clapping and cheers encouraged Chelsea to come forward smiling but she was seething. The jerk should have asked her first. She hissed, ‘I.