She did not have to go in to the tag sale until later that morning either. So, after a plain oatmeal breakfast, she decided to finish decorating the a...tificial tree she had found in her brother’s basement. She had found some tinsel and a few ornaments in a box near the tree. Even after adding them, the tree still looked very bare to her eyes, so Noelle returned to the basement to look for more decorations. She found some mistletoe, a wreath, and a few more ornaments in a box that had been. Rachel let go of her skirt and put a hand behind my head and moaned into my mouth, hers wide open to my tongue."Hey, hey, hey!" Daddy plucked at my sleeve and I broke the kiss to face his disapproval. "None of that!" No, LOTS of that!" Rachel asserted. "Go away, Daddy!" I slid my hand out from under her dress, hoping it was undetected."Let's eat," I suggested. "We can do that later." Daddy looked REAL unhappy, but he turned back to his dinner.For the rest of the meal we limited ourselves to. " Is your mother part of the team too?" Yes but only part-time. Dad's getting busier and busier so he's going to need me full-time to do the meeting and greeting and general facilitating so that he can concentrate on the technical aspects and running the workforce." Is he a marine engineer then?" Yes. He was in the Navy for ten years or so and took his degree through them." Why did he leave?" He was due to do nothing but sail a desk and he's a hands on man. He also reckoned he might make a bit. To her amazement Sierra found one of her bitchiest competitors in international dancing claiming that Sierra was ‘in her day the greatest dancer of the Cha Cha the world has ever seen!’ Macie’s photos were great but when Sierra turned the page there was a picture that topped them all – the photo of her in Restaurant Melba standing with Gustave looking at that photo of her in Celebrity Corner. The beauty of the simplicity of the composition and the captured poignancy of the two friends renewing.