” “But Lin darling,” John retorted, “I always insist on having a toast after signing a contract.” He removed the document from his breast po...ket and set it on the table before them.“What is meaning of this contract?” Lin asked confused as Gary with a somber face leaned over to sign. “Well Lin the gist of the contract is that you are to produce a baby for me and my wife.” John explained. Lin looked like she was going to cry as what she heard began to sink in. “No Gary is this true? You want to. There must have been a hundred people in the audience. I suddenly didn't feel out of place in my cowboy gear. The place was full of people dressed like me. Eve released my hand and went to the mic."Thank you for coming out tonight and sharing my special day with me..."She talked for a few minutes while I scanned the crowd. I saw Tami and Harper in the audience. I also saw Beth and Suzanne. Then in the back I saw my family. Mom had a big smile on her face. Then I was really happy to see the JV. He grinned. "When I first saw you just now, thought we were having a visit from Liz Taylor. She's about your age, and I've seen her in pictures with her hair done just like that." Maude was immensely pleased."Where's your hearing aid?" Paula inquired."I got a new one," Maude said. "It's very tiny. You wouldn't even know I'm wearing it." "Maude, you just don't know how you have improved yourself!" her sister said."Give Billy and Kathy credit for the improvement," Maude replied. "They taught me. She read the title. “Serviceman’s New Testament. Are you devout?” she asked. As she leafed through the pages, she said, “Yes. You’ve been reading it. It even has the Psalms.”“Read me your favorite one.”Ruth turned the pages and said, “This is the beginning of Psalm 137, ‘By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered thee, O Zion. As for our harps, we hanged them up upon the trees that are therein. For they that led us away captive required of us then a song, and melody in.