.. Well, her uncle plays and she wants to. She, uh, gets excited.”“Honestly? It’s more of a prop than anything else. She’s welcome to fool aro...nd with it. Worst-case scenario, we’ll re-string it.”“That’s really kind, she’ll be careful.”The girl was careful as she took it gently from my hands. Speaking over her shoulder, she addressed her mother. “Mom, I can talk for myself.” She looked up at me. “Thanks! My uncle has electric guitars, but he said he’d teach me how to play one like this.”“That’s. "My, My, your set took every nicely. I don't think Ralph, down at thebarbershop on Madison Ave., would recognize your hair like this. Afteryour perm, your curls should be ever so much more pronounced and pliableto any "Do" you desire. Let me brush you out and flip you under and youwill be ready to go." Mom, I did look at images of Doris Day and June Allyson. I would loveto have a style that frames the face with soft curls and cute bangs.Doris has several styles which curl behind the ears and. ’ Kali swallowed. ‘What kind of fool let a man like you get away from her?’ She blushed as she realized what she had said. ‘Sorry, I…it’s none of my business…’ ‘It’s okay, I’m over it…’ ‘That’s good, my brother got divorced last year, he walked in on his wife and a co-worker going at it in his bedroom, he wouldn’t have minded so much, but it was another gal.’ ‘You’re kidding.’ Kali shook her head. ‘No, though it does sound like some joke or something, believe me, my brother did not find it the. I’m not making any promises, okay? But I’ll take a look.” She thought about the money again. “How much is it going to cost?”“We don’t know yet,” said Melanie, clearly relieved. “Paula is supposed to call him and find out.”Suzie thought of Bobby again. She was pretty sure that some of the money he got came from women. She thought she knew who some of those women were. They were nothing like these girls. She’d never thought of Bobby as a gigolo before, but tried to now. It didn’t work. Whoever.