She’s due in early September. Like the rest of us girls, she plans to take full advantage of your generous maternity leave benefit.”“Girls outnu...ber the guys by a ratio of 3-2. It’s self-defense!”“Bullshit, Steve Adams! You did it because you think it’s the right thing to do. One of the good parts of Sweden that rubbed off on you.”“Guilty as charged. Anyway, that’s not really a consideration, but it’s a nice bump for them.”“I made the decision before I knew about her pregnancy.”“Have you talked. Even that day the bus started getting crowded and I found an elderly person struggling to stand. I gave him my seat and came behind that. Now the bus stopped at a new stop and there again I got a place to sit. Then I noticed this lady who is struggling to stand. She is in her late 40’s and plump. I offered her my place and she was hesitant to accept it. As she is short, she could not stand properly. I got up and made her sit there comfortably. Sine the crowd is increased, and I could not stand. Both were nice and plush, after all, just the right size, even more perfect than she already was, impossible as that would have seemed in the past.“How are the babies doing?” Hector now asked his wife.“V.J. and H.M. seem to like spending time with Aunts Jacqueline and Jeanette. They really love that breast milk! They just suck teat and grin!” Cassie laughed with considerable fascination at the way that the twins took to being nursed by their great-aunts.Victoria Jordan “V.J.” and Haley Michelle. " Can I pay you next week?"Of course she can, she always paid me at the end of each month for the sum total of my work. "Sure." I was finished with my tools and stood facing her, in all my winter bundled glory.Mrs. Harrison smiled again then turned as if she was leaving. "Do you have any hot chocolate Darlene?"It just sort of blurted out of my mouth. I certainly not had planned to ask or especially to use her first name.She stopped, looked over her shoulder with an uncertainly and surprised.