" She drinks her water."Good girl. Let's go for a walk in the Caesar's Mall. I think there is a Victoria's Secret. We can buy agift for you to wear fo... me." She smiles.He touches her belly as she gets up. They are dressed casually. She is in jeansjust over her hips, a nice white spaghetti strap tank top, no bra, and flatsandals. She looks hot. She always does. He takesher hand as they begin their stroll. As usual, people look their way. He isnever quite sure if it just her. This is completely. ”Dave asked, “What happens with the children?”Amy said, “My parents also have a large home, with pool, about fifteen minutes from here. They know about our lifestyle and have even participated once or twice when the situation allowed. Mostly though, they take all the children and play super-grandparents to them. There’s always ice cream, games, and even surprise gifts involved, especially when one of them has a birthday.”Dave nodded. “Some parents have ended up joining the Circle, too. Aaron. As a teen she'd ask Lisa what she should do about this boy or that, as a practical alternative to talking to her other Moms about boys. What would they know about the subject? Now, though ... she talked to Dad.He wouldn't like it. Violet knew that. Dad hadn't, really, been one to believe in an afterlife, for all his jokes about Lisa's ghost throwing wives at him. Dad would want Violet to be strong on her own, leaning on family when needed but not using his memory as a crutch. And, she didn't!. When the lobby expanded into a little place called the Club Tesla, local connections to America's jazz world proved kind, and Ella Fitztgerald and Sammy Davis Jr. had been known to stop by. Eventually it became a strip joint, and the place's reputation, like much of Downtown, suffered. There were violent crimes associated with the place, and of course some Mob money.All that passed away with the Seventies. As time went on, those who kept the club and watched over it tried to play things clean.