Did you need something?" he asked quietly.The widow's eyes were closed, but she wasn't sleeping. She shook her head slightly. "Tell James to take care...of my Annie," she instructed with more energy than she looked as if she possessed."You know he will, Virginia. He loves that girl more than anything on earth," Patrick answered. Mrs. McPherson smiled slightly. "You make sure Annie wears my gown now, you hear? It was my mother's and her mother's before her. It's in my old hope chest," she said. The telephone rang. He pushed the button for the speakerphone and said, "Jared here." Your eleven thirty appointment is here," the receptionist said."I didn't know that I had an eleven thirty appointment," Jared said looking over at his appointment book."Well, she's here and she's a real cutie," the receptionist said."Send her in," Jared said curious about the identity of his visitor. He didn't have to wait long before she stopped outside of his door. A girl of about ten years of age entered. I always have a bit of a chuckle when I think about that beast ... we were tooling down an interstate highway in the USA at 60mph and I started smelling something really vile. Next thing you known the car tried to fishtail, the rear driver side wheel locked up and the tire blew after it had flat-spotted. Dad was cursing up a blue streak, Mum was screaming right along in tune with Sis and I was laughin my fool head off - I was too young and dumb to realize the possible danger we were in. Dad. " Like getting married again.Todd smiled and so did the other three guys. "Welcome to the group!" hesaid, and everyone slapped me on the back. No secret rituals? No bodypiercing?"Now, Ed, don't be worried that someone will walk in on us. Bob's wife Janeran off with a pizza-delivery man a year ago, a week before we started thepoker group. Bob got everything, and she won't be back. But I'mhedging. Would you take your pants off for us please, Ed?Mr. Sulu, take us to warp speed. I shucked those.