Call your Georgia Peach and tell her to listen to her fiancé.”“But I want her here!” I protested.“I’m sure you do,” Elyse replied, trying...to soothe my aching heart. “But you also want her here in five years, and ten years, and long after that. What’s best for her?”“You know,” I sighed, “I hate it when you, Jackie, Bethany, and Kara are right about stuff I don’t like.”“Call her right now and talk to her,” Elyse insisted, handing me the phone.I dialed Stephie’s number and asked her mom if I could. She always wanted to have her face done ata department store’s makeup counter but she never had the extra money to buy all of the makeup that they’d no doubt pressure her to buy. ‘What makes your face so very special are your big, expressive, blue eyes. What makes your face unique is the way that your soft, long, blonde hair frames your face in the way that a nightlight gives ambience to a room,’ he said. ‘You have the kind of face that I love to draw.’ Wow, she thought to herself. That was the. Try and meet her halfway." He never did understand that there were two problems - Adele, and the fact that I had never forgiven him for his obscene (to me anyway) quickness in replacing mom.I graduated, got a job, met a girl and got married and, more to please Sandra than for any other reason, I made an effort to maintain family ties with dad and Adele. It wasn't all that hard since I didn't live with them anymore, but Adele and I never managed to get past an armed truce. And now, out of the. It was going to be a long evening!Steve saw how this news had annoyed me even more than his tasteless babble. That seemed to cheer him up and led him to make his wager."You act so damn superior, Mike. You think you're a lock for the manager's position. You think your trophy wife is so loyal and devoted. It makes me sick!" he practically spat at me. "I'll bet I can get my hands on your wife's tits before midnight. I wouldn't be surprised if I got even farther, but I'm willing to bet fifty bucks.