”“Wonder where they went?” Consuelo said.I stepped out to the mud room, Edgar’s hat was gone. I opened the converted icebox with the GE compre...sor top and looked inside.“We’re out of beer,” I said, “Bet you a buck they went after more.”“Never bet against a sure thing,” Consuelo said.She looked at the beer fridge and the white enameled wood cookstove.“Antiques ... where did you find the stove?” she asked me.“That was in the garage,” I said. “The Warm Morning stokers and the beer fridge were in. Mom didn't like it when she did. Her breasts overflowed the top, but when she saw me, she winked at me."Becky, oh my, have we grown up. You have inherited your dad's mother's bust, and that suit bottom is a thriller showing your cute backside. Your mother would die if she ever saw you in that." I am glad you like it, Aunt Holly." Becky, just call me Holly without the aunt thing." I would like that." What is your bra size, anyway?"When I told her, she commented how much the boys liked that. I. "You worried?" he asked.Deirdre nodded gloomily. "Karen's caused upheavals in the past," she said. "Oh, speaking of the devil, here they are."Karen had obvious problems with the heels she was wearing and she was staggering along the hallway. Tess giggled at the sight."You gotta give her points for guts," she commented. "I mean, she's over six feet anyway, and she's wearing three-inch heels?" It's sweet of her," Deirdre defended her mother's partner. "She's doing it for me, so people won't give. Tony was her ex-boyfriend and I knew what it meant when hewas there calling her 'babe'. I was as furious as I wasdisappointed...--A sound at the door snaps me back to reality. I look up to see thecredits begin to roll on the television and then hear my roommate,Dave, coming into the apartment."Larry?" he yells. "Are you home?" In here," I answer. "You just missed the lamest bear documentaryever." That's okay - I've got something that'll cheer you up and it's muchbetter than bears!" he.
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