Since acquiring considerable sums by running a most particular trust fund she made it her specialised business to make wills and testaments, run offsh...re trust funds and act as a legal adviser when her clients came into conflict with that all pervasive government arm, the IRS.Over the last year or two, the actual amount of work that she had been doing had declined, to the point where her social calendar, hobbies and her tennis amounted to the greater part of her life. What was new was that. She admired Gloria more and more and was shedding pounds daily, purely out of a wish to please a woman she almost worshipped. The fact that Gloria still hardly bothered to conceal her disgust made no difference. Ellen would become slim to please the superhuman Fitness Instructor and thus be worthy of her!Gloria made for the second beach. The one that she had marked out as a possible landing place. Scrambling quickly down she was at the bottom in seconds. No Jim to hold her up this time! No nice. My buddy was on the other end."I have something for you," he said.My teenage prick jumped as he spoke the words."What did you get?" I asked barely able to keep my voice low."You will have to wait and see for yourself. So when should I bring them over?" he asked."Tomorrow," was all I said. "Mom's going shopping and Grandma is babysitting so we can use the fort."The next day I flew to admit him when I saw him walking up the driveway with a shopping bag. I met him at the door and took the bag to. She realized Mavis was standing beside her and looked over."They're so beautiful," she said, her voice almost a whisper. "They grip my heart," she said. Without realizing she was saying it she added "Just like Bobby."Mavis arched an eyebrow. "Not you too."Rachel realized what she'd said and blushed. "Not me too ... what?" That boy's got three of us wrapped around his finger like a teenaged girl at her first dance." She didn't realize that her use of the word "us" made it impossible to tell if.