By that time, Tom had put down hismagazine and joined me at the counter. The clerk looked up at Tom and said, "Oh it's you Tom, is this lovelyyoung la...y with you?"Tom responded, "Yes, but she is no lady, and you know that Jim."Jim only smiled and said, "I thought so, but I always try to be politewith customers." Well you can treat her like a slut, because that is what we are trainingher to be."As Jim was ringing up the cosmetics, he made the remark, "Well she surehas the make-up to create the. I think I loved you and Jen as much as I loved any of my sons. Think fondly of me, tell your daughter of the legacy she has to uphold.”She visited the rest of the family, appearing in Sandy’s dorm room, Lindsey’s dreams, to Grace as she slept, still holding the teddy bear she had given her. Shaggy, Christy, and Jim all got goodbye visits, as well as their daughter.Instinctively, we all gathered one Saturday afternoon, the whole crowd looking up at her portrait, tears flowing from all. We could. David said she was quite right and that he would take her up on her invitation. He was not in a position to give her a date now as he would have to consult his diary. He went on to say he thought the best way to start things off would be to invite them to have dinner with him and Ruth. He suggested that Flora, George Ian and Kirsty come to them for supper on Sunday evening. Ian said that they would be delighted to do that though he had to admit he would be a bit apprehensive about visiting his. "Oh hey Freddie." She said, noticing him."Hey Mel. How are you? I haven't seen you in a couple of days." To be honest, I've been better. Of course you know Sam has me playing hard to get with Carly." Melanie said as she took a seat across from Freddie.Freddie nodded and sucked on his smoothie."It's difficult. Carly wants to talk to me about it and I have to keep ignoring her on the subject." Well Carly texted Sam about 10 minutes ago." Is that where she's at?" Melanie asked.Freddie nodded.