." speeches from Mr. Langston, thank god. Mrs. Langston smiled a lot when she saw us holding hands or cuddled on the couch doing homework, but it was ...ike one of those "ain't the kids cute" smiles.Things progressed like that pretty much all the way through junior high and into the start of tenth grade, which was when the next bit of drama happened.Over those couple of years Tabby bloomed. She grew another few more inches, stopping at about five foot eight, very tall for a girl back then. Her. I still hada French manicure and, under my espadrilles, a French pedicure.My eye appointment started late and went long, but at the end of it, Iwalked out with a comfortable pair of contact lenses. I paid for myexam, glancing at my watch. The receptionist complimented me on mypretty eyes, and said if I liked the sample lenses, I could call backwith my credit card and order a six month supply. I watched her eyesstudy my sister's black t-shirt, the tight crotch of my jeans and myheeled. I was then lead over to her vanitywhere, Chris applied makeup to my face, foundation, eyeliner, 2 shadesof pink eye shadow, blush then a reddish pink lipstick. My hair was thenblown dry and the curlers were removed from my hair and it was sprayedwith hairspray.Chris then continued dressing me by having me step into the middle ofgiant slip that made of satin and at the bottom was covered in layers ofnylon net and lace trim. I stepped into it and she pulled it up and putthe straps over my. Three long frustrating sexless months and now it was time to move on.The marriage broke down through lack of communication and not infidelity as was printed on the divorce papers, although infidelity was the straw that broke the camels back. My ex husband had given up any interest in me long ago, which resulted in me having a wild anything goes affairs with some of his so called friends. I know I was attractive with a very good body, but for whatever reason, my ex never came near me, resulting.