A ridiculous extravagance for a student I know, butthis was the closest I would be to a bride, so why not? After a lightlunch, I had a rest and then ... long luxurious bath. This time Mother wasdoing my hair, putting in some curlers to give it a nice wave. Then Idressed in my pretty lingerie, which took me some time, enjoying the feelof the lace and satin against my skin as I always did. I pulled thewhite stockings with their lace tops slowly up my newly shave legs andattached them to the. And now Preston, along with the entire town, was expecting her to wear a bra to bed. Wearing nothing but a bra, or nothing but a bra and a pair of socks, was a degrading way to have to dress.Preston stared like he'd never seen a naked woman before. "They hurt, huh?"Of course they hurt, thought Tara, disgusted with the way he was dragging this out, making her stand there completely naked in the middle of the room as she waited for his verdict. I've been complaining about those terrible Titshurt. “Pleased to meet you, Syl--” said Amanda.“It’s Sylvia”, she said.“Sylvia,” she said, quietly but firmly, “Fiona has a point. You never talked to me until now, but if you want to, sure, let’s talk. Maybe we can get to know each other and be friends.”Sylvia held Amanda’s unresisting hand and walked off. She was talking at top speed, and though I couldn’t hear a word she said, I was sure she was ranting about me. Amanda had given her a chance to make friends, but all she wanted was to tell her all. .. cancer.So, now life became hard. Two young boys to raise, that's hard enough but, of course, a large hole was left in my heart that just doesn't really ever quite go away.But, any way, I had two sons and a job to handle as well, so I stayed pretty busy. Don't get the idea that my life was one of gloom and sorrow, no, there were plenty of times when things went quite well. The boys grew up well, got good grades and gave me little difficulty.I had finally gotten one into college, he helped.