" My mom and I will handle her."Brianna led Alexis over to Beth and Ann. "Your son obviously is curious,and I hope you will let him explore and discov...r a bit today."Ann picked up the conversation, "Lots of boys come in here. It really isOK Ms. Evans." Let's go look," continued Brianna as she pulled Alexis back to whereshe had been showing him dresses when the queen bee crowd came in.Ann gave Beth a firm but friendly push and indicated they should follow.She continued, "Although we call. Sitting down together, she began chatting about Caroline and her new job. She’d heard on the grapevine that she was doing very well, and could be in line for promotion to ‘Assistant Director’. Apparently, she’d met my wife’s new friend, Marian too,“What an interesting woman,” she said, “So full of great advice and ideas. Her husband must have his hands full!”“Miss Crawford, could I ask a special favour, please?" I managed, “Only, my savings are low and I wanted to buy Caroline a special. "It looks nice." Oh, I see." You know Charlene, sometimes it's just nice to be pampered and to lookpretty," Sue told her."What difference does it make?" Charlene asked."Thus speaks the natural beauty lying on the bed. That was some fantasygirl you had envisioned Charles." I'm not looking very Charles-like right now." It scares me that I don't measure up to your vision of beauty," Sueadmitted as she looked up from her task."My vision of it is quite a bit different now," Charlene told. "Yeah." She grins at me, obviously surprised that I remember this detail after fifteen years. "He's still professor of Geology."We look at each other for a moment, both of us shifting on our feet, grinning like idiots. Then my stomach reminds me that I haven't had anything decent to eat in forty-eight hours."Hey, you busy with something? I'm starving." I'm game," Nicole says immediately. "You need to tell me what you've been doing all these years. Don't they have mailboxes where you live.