” They all laughed, but Rio was surprised speechless when Amy reached up and fastened a collar around our pudgy friend.“What? You... ?” Rio sput...ered.“Now, my little pet,” Amy whispered, “behave yourself or I’ll have to punish you, understand.” I swear Rio came.“I’ll take care of getting Tony ready,” Sonia said. Most of the times that I’d been with Sonia, she’d been slightly distant. Hanging out with Amy—well, more than just hanging out, I guess—seemed to have changed her. The dress, or rag,. "We ate our lunch and chatted about other things and after we paid thebill we took a walk among the shops in the area. We looked at art,housewares, and of course clothes. Eventually I had to get back to workso we went back to our cars."I had such a wonderful time today," Sheila took my hand in hers. "Doyou think you might be able to make this a weekly lunch date?"I was stunned. "Um, yeah, most weeks. There will be some when I can'tget away though," I told her."That would be okay," she smiled.. Did you fake the faint?” She laughed and said, “I wondered if you might ask me that. No honey, if there had been some way to fake the faint I would have done it long before. No one can stop moving when they are whipped with the ’Loopy Johnny’ Jimmy. Not as long as they are conscious.” She laughed again and said, “Try saying that three times fast.” “You did very well. Sunday will be a very big day for all of us. It will be a bigger one for your mother.” “Is there anything you want? Do you. I did a check of all the doors and made sure the alarms to the studio were on then came back upstairs to the living room. I put out some sheets and blankets on the Chesterfield lounge that was to be her bed and sat in the kitchen with a wine to talk to Vici before bed. She needed to know that this was her house while she was here and to feel free to come and go as she pleased and that if she needed anything she should ask. I nearly spat my wine out when Vici came out of the bathroom followed by.