. I have an important call coming. Get off the pad." There's no reason to be rude about it. This will just take a minute."Fifteen minutes of completel... inconsequential yack yack later, Four disconnected and Vee tried the Commissioner ... again."Your pad has been busy," the Commissioner said."Mother," Vee said.Gary, being a son, understood. Such interruptions of his very busy life continued to this very day. Mothers want to KNOW and work or job be damned, they want to know now."Did you reassure. The dress is knee length, I didn't want it to be any longer, but there is a short train from the waist in a nod to tradition. Pixie is making some cream silk ballet slippers to finish the outfit off.The bridesmaids are going to wear simple cream dresses, we're buying these as both Pixie and Tina are big girls and neither of Pixies friends was comfortable making a dress that would both flatter their curves, but still be conservative enough for a family wedding, there will be children there after. "Ella looked at me."Uh... her fingers..." I rubbed my forehead, thinking up an explanation. "Her fingers had splinters in them. I had to bite her fingers to get those splinters out."To my relief, Ella changed the subject. "My love life has taken an unexpected turn," she said."Is that right?" I asked. "How?" This new guy I met... oh, I am so in love with him..." How'd you meet him?" Met him at the mall. While I was shopping for denim jeans, he just walked up to me. I told him I was new to this. “You’ll see,” said Jasmine, as Megan went to let the two girls into our humble abode. “This is Amy and Cherry,” said Jasmine, displaying the two new intakes for Joey’s approval. “Hmmm… you girls spoil me!” said Joey. “Here you go girls,” I said, giving them a beer each. “What do you think?” asked Megan. Cherry and Amy beamed at the seated stallion, surveying his toned frame and dashing countenance. The girls giggled and swigged their beer. “Are you sitting comfortably Joey? We will begin,” said.