" I'll get her for you Tom and you can tell her all about it. Congratulations anyway."I heard him calling out her name. I liked Ted. He was a nice guy...and really doted on Mum. They had been married now for five years. She had been widowed for about three years when they met, my father having died from cancer about ten years ago."Hello Tom, dear." Hello Mum or I should say Grandma! You have a little granddaughter. She was born this morning. We're calling her Laura. She weighed seven pounds three. In fact her messages icon was blank. No one had even written today!!! How can this day get any worse? She drove home puting. She was actually feeling more than a little sad that her birthday seemed to be passing by without notice. But as she fought back, trying to keep the tears at bay, she rounded the corner just before her house.A strange car was parked in the driveway. As she pulled past and parked on the curb she noticed the car was a rental. But there was no one stanidng in front,. Over the next few days I took two of Beverly's telephone calls and Jen helped me dodge the other two by saying I was out, lying really. Heavy rains forced us to take Tuesday off and since Jen was at work, I was forced to take Beverly's call."I'm off for the holiday and have some questions. When can you be here?" she asked.Ed let me take the van."You're soaked," she said as soon as I came through the door. "Give me your clothes. We'll put everything in the dryer."I had to remove my boots to get. I AM SO BORED! And we all know where boredom leads. I went to the hallcloset and pulled out the case. I pulled out the collar and put it on.It fit right behind the collar of the dress and all but disappeared.Then I lifted my skirt and put the hobble bands on. I then went to theliving room and pressed the button being careful not to get my handsclose to my waist but just incase I did I put the remote on the endtable low enough that I could reach it if needed. The bands did theirthing and I.