I mean, more important things than yourcooking and cleaning. I'll sit through the super boring speeches, it'llbe worth it." Well if none of that embar...assed you, and it should have, maybe themother-daughter shopping day we're going to have to go on to get youclothes for this thing will."Cynthia laughed."This is very weird Mom. You know that right? Not at all normal. Very,very, very weird."Cynthia smiled, "I know. In fact I think I would have added a few more'verys' to that. The kiss lasted longer than I felt was safe, so I pulled away and stared at her face.‘Oh, you poor man. You didn’t know, did you?’‘No, I didn’t. It’s one thing to have your suspicions. Quite another to have them confirmed so publicly.’‘What are you going to do?’‘I don’t know. Alice and I need to talk, but not tonight. I’m too wound up.’ Caryn came closer and kissed me again, she liked to live dangerously. Anyone, including Alice, could come downstairs at that moment. She must have seen the. I gave up wearing those a couple years back. Might be able to find a pair of my shorts, though. Would they do, ya think?”. The levity of his comment broke the tension, and Chrissy started to chuckle. Her chuckle became a belly laugh, and it infected Roy, too. Maybe, if they could keep their spirits up like that, they’d actually survive this horror story situation!As they got over their laughing fit, Roy figured out that Chrissy hadn’t broken any ribs, but he sure had. Shit, his sides felt like. “I’d like some” said Lauren, hopefully answering all her questions as a dull pop came from the kitchen.She emerged with a small tray, a bottle and two tall fluted glasses and placed them on the coffee table. Kristal poured the champagne and clinked her glass against Lauren’s.“Here’s to us girls!” she said by way of a toast.“Here here. Mmm. Oh, it’s gone up my nose, it’s so fizzy” giggled Lauren, holding her hand against her nose as though she was about to sneeze.“Slowly, there’s no rush. Once.