Laura looked at her watch. School would start in fifteen minutes. Surely Jane was gone. All she needed now was another scene from Jane, after having e...dured one with Jane's mother."That was Jane's mama, right?" Charise said, as if reading Laura's mind, slowly removing her wet parka."Here, let me put that in the kitchen where it can dry off," Laura said, taking it.She hung it over a chair and let it drip on the linoleum tile. Charise followed her into the kitchen. Laura turned to her and smiled,. When Dex arrived where she was, though, she was still staring at the handset, having failed to hang it up."Whoever said 'Revenge is sweet' didn't know what he was talking about, did he?" Dex asked Donna. She was still mute and motionless as he took the phone from her hand and hung it up.That same night, Donna and Dex shared the call with Karen and Mike. Karen immediately set up a lunch date with Margo and invited her for dinner Saturday evening.The last Friday in September, Karen and Mike were. "Brin, that is not polite," Godiva corrects her."You will partner up," I continue on, as if Brin had not said any thing. "One of you will catch the other as she falls. Backward." They just look at me in varying degrees of confusion.I sigh. "Godiva, would you mind?"I hold out my hand for her to be my volunteer. She gives me a wobbly smile but puts her hand in mine. I give her a quick squeeze to reassure her."You stand here," I place her.Then I move a couple of small steps in front of her. "Catch. ”I lightly spanked her on her bare butt. “Owe” she said, then said, ”You can stalk me anytime you want. But just so you are totally aware of this, I am a packaged deal. Jenny is part of me and my life. Granted she college age now, and hardly there, but still, is part of me. To accept me, is to accept her, and that is non-negotiable.”I kissed the top of her head, “I wouldn’t want it any other way Carrie. How would you feel about dating, once we leave this place and get back to normal lives? And.