The shelter manager wasn't the brightest bulb in the lighting store, but she was tenacious, gnawed on a problem like a dog with a bone until she solve... it, and after moving through a problem, if the same problem happened again, or one similar to it, Vera fixed it using what she'd learned. What Vera couldn't do is fix a problem the first time it surfaced, not without help, and Grace had been her security blanket for first-time problems. On the other hand, Vera was wonderful with the battered. " Does it pose any health risk?" Oh, no ... not a HEALTH risk, no. And we agree that reduction surgery is simply not a viable option for you. What you need to do is just ... get used to being so ... big." All right, then, I'll try. Can I leave now?"She bit her lip, looking even more embarrassed. "I'm afraid you can't." But why not? I'm healthy, you've done what you can ... " Steel ... I need to explain something to you. You see ... we women have all the power, and we like it that way." The. ”I shook my head in disbelief at the direction this conversation was taking. I seized on one word.“We’re going dancing?”She giggled, a real peal of amusement, but clearly laughing at the situation, not at me or my obvious male confusion.“Oh yes, honey, we are going out to dinner, drinks and dancing as our first public date. You were going to ask me, weren’t you? But tomorrow, not tonight. I’ve got other plans for now.”She dragged me into my bedroom.“I’ll be back in just a moment.”She returned. The only thing about Em is that she's married and with k**s, I promised myself I'll never get involved with someone married and even less with k**s, well we'll see about that later here. Supposedly Em doesn't know about me and her sister Tere's love affair, Tere just tells everyone that we're just friends, like brother and sister, since my own sister is Tere's long time friend but people know better than that. Anyways, remember we're still living in Puerto Rico and now Tere is going out with.