"Yes?" said Joanne entering the room."Which lippy do you think goes with this dress?" asked Paula."Not decided yet?" No. I was thinking about it durin... lessons today but since I couldn'tsee for sure till now." Ok, but I'd use a cherry red for your lips. Got the matchingvarnish?" Got that. What about eye shadow?" asked Paula. She was now testingthe lipstick.Joanne looked at the various shades and found an aqua green shade."This one will do. Do you want me to apply it?" "Go ahead sis," said. ”“So what are we going to do now?”“We could have sex again,” Alex said, grinning.“That’ll get us to noon.”“I know.”“You’re out of thongs.”“I know.”“I’m out of thongs.”“We could go shopping for more thongs.”“That’ll keep us busy until noon.”“True.”“We could go through housewares and see if there are any new gadgets to take apart.”“That might be fun.”“That would get us through today. What we really need, is a project.”“We’ve got a dog. We’ve got a bird. We’ve got a lawnmower. We’ve got a smart. There was a smile on her face, even though she was wiping tears from her cheeks. I heard her speak into the phone."Just a minute. Hold on, okay?" She put the receiver down, and came over to give me a big hug. "That's Clarabelle. She's not moving back with her father. She's going to the movies with us tonight! Thank you, Larry. I know you only changed your mind for me."I had started out with the idea of bargaining with Clara to get her to stay and be a part of Kate's life. It hadn't ended up. “Are you shagging?”I was in the mood to reply after all my feelings have fizzled out because of her reluctance. I was about to close my eyes to enjoy myself before Amrita started talking again.“I know you are disappointed,” Amrita spoke with obvious regret in her tone. “I just can’t do it; I don’t know how did I let so many things happen today?” “It’s ok,” I said with frustration. “I need to do something to get back to normalcy. You have taken me to a height from where I cannot roll myself.