‘I’m starved.’ ‘I…I’d be happy to make something,’ Joanne said, ‘After all, you were nice enough to let me come up here and stay with ...ou and all…’ ‘Tell you what, you can make the salad if you want to,’ Fran said. ‘OK,’ Joanne said, grinning, ‘I think I can manage that.’ Fran poked her friend on the shoulder and giggled. ‘You think you’ll be able to handle the cucumbers without doing unspeakable things with them?’ she asked, laughing. Joanne’s face turned bright red. ‘Fran!’ she exclaimed,. He was a friend of someone who had been invited the Sid and Sue’s party and he had been told the women were mostly hookers. He looked at me and I guess he was waiting for confirmation. “Oh I don’t know about that” I said, lying through my teeth “I have known Sue for ages and she knows my Dad”. He smiled. Then I turned the tables “but if you want me to be a hooker I can try. How much do they charge?” I said and laughed. He looked surprised and then he too laughed. “I have no idea” he said and I. She had a feeling he was going to help her get home.She had ended up on Jahnville due to a storm blowing the ship she had hitched a ride on, off its course. She had been the only survivor and had spent two crappy years on Jahnville before he came. She had been very scared when the strange machine had made loud noises and moved.She didn’t know what to think of the strange dwelling he had entered from the noisy machine. But it was an interesting place. She had gotten hungry, and when they had. And, although I’m not sure it was worth the emotional toll, the spousal support is pretty good.”Jessica’s mom, Diane, arrived and, within a few minutes, Shani’s mom, Bea, also arrived. They all made introductions and a couple of minutes later, the hostess showed them to their table. The two boys sat between Shani and their grandma, Jessica sat next to Shani and Diane sat between Jessica and Bea. Their server came over and took their drink orders, then the women spent a few minutes looking over.