The linen closet was close and I took a handful of coloured hand towels. I put them on the dresser and looked around for a suitable chair. There was o...ly a wooden one and that was not large enough. We heard racing up the steps and the three girls ran breathless into the room. Helen closed the door behind her and I know her hands were fiddling with the key she never used."Girls, Maria has cramps like all of you do. She was in pain downstairs and I wanted to see if I could give her some temporary. The final piece had fallen into place when Lily was engaged to be married. Kara had found out about the wedding through a mutual friend the day before; she'd immediately gone to her supervisor and requested to take her accumulated vacation immediately. He objected at first, but she was able to find a replacement for her shifts, and she could be very convincing when she wanted to be. He gave in and she set her plans in motion. Lily had ruined her life - there was no way she was going to get the. As I was finishing my breakfast most everyone was done and headeddown to the river. I finished and was headed for the bathroom when I saw Jennyon the couch alone watching tennis. We smiled at each other as I walked by.When I came out I sat next to Jenny on the couch and asked her who was winning.She said it was the Wimbledon women's final between Safina and Sharapova. I toldher I liked watching the women play more than the guys because there were a lotof good looking young ladies on the tour. "Don't be too hard on our chateau in Paris, and its lack of air conditioning. The average high temperature in Paris for the first week in August should be about 75 F. When we jumped, it was at 8 pm Thursday there and 98 F. A few minutes in Chicago to make the cocoa and grab our coats, and presto! It's 6:10 am Friday under a beautiful southern winter sky! The constellations down here are so beautiful..." These last two weeks of traveling have been like a dream. A whirlwind tour of Europe. I'll.