"Yes, it is very pretty mommy. And there's a pretty dress too. Come see- I will put it on for you!" With that Ken runs off and Anne has littlechoic... but to follow. As she walks into the laundry room, the dress isjust going over his head, and he smoothes it out and straightens thelittle spaghetti straps. It is a pretty yellow sundress with tiny pinkflowers and grey dragonflies.Someone likes pink and grey, Anne thought. "But these are girl'sclothes," she said."And I'm a little girl. I must. Off the block, he had found my weak point. “Well… To be honest, he was very much against my coming back here. But my network pretty much made it mandatory, and I don’t want to lose my job. He doesn’t either. So here I am.” I raised my hands, palms up, in a futile gesture.“A’ight. So’s yer turn.”“Thank you, Big J. It seems you are the leader in here, after watching the others. Why?”He sat back, and tilted his head, silent, again, for a long few moments before he spoke.“Simple. No one can take. I've always wondered what goes on in that strange little mind of yours. Come on. Tell Aunt Ronnie."I said dryly, "Aunt Ronnie would be bored to death." Oh, I don't know. I know I kid around a lot and talk people's head off. But Martha knows I can be a serious listener." She lifted her glass to her lips. "And I'm sure you don't have any aunts back home like me that you could talk to."I smiled. "No aunts at home like you, period." I stretched my arms and straightened up in my chair. "Just tired,. I can massage those temples among other things." I wanted her to know that she would be getting a full body massage if she came up."It sounds great. Lead the way," replied Alice.She did buy the Advil and I bought a twelve pack of beer. I let her go upstairs first so I could watch that ass. I had to wonder if this was cheating. Then I remembered I was divorced and Darcy was out on the dating scene or at least out with the girls.As soon as we walked in the door, Alice turned around and kissed.