‘Why are you all smiles?’ Rhonda asked. ‘See for yourself,’ Brooke replied and she stepped up and kissed Rhonda full on the lips. ‘Delicious...’ Rhonda exclaimed, ‘Who is it?’ ‘Carrie Williams and I told her you would put in a good word for her with the cheerleading coach,’ Brooke revealed. ‘Maybe next time I’ll join you and if that goes well then we can have her over to the condo,’ Rhonda added. ‘Sounds like a plan. Oh what time should I stop over tonight?’ Brooke asked. ‘Anytime after 7:00 PM,. He wasrelieved to hear that. She ordered a steak for herself and a saladfor sissy Sophia, accenting the sissy. As they were eating she told him she expected him to wear dressesuntil she decided he could wear slacks again. She said she mightlet him wear shorts for the yard work. She told him he'd betterkeep his make-up just perfect and that she expected him to call herMiss Danielle from now on. He just looked sad and didn't say anything. He moved almostmechanically, not showing any. The third gallery owner studied the photographs. I apologized for their quality, telling him he needed to see the actual paintings to appreciate them.He shook his head and said, "They don't fit this gallery. Did you see any large paintings displayed as you walked back to my office?" No." I reached for my portfolio. "I'm sorry I wasted your time. I should have been more observant." Whoa!" he said. "I have another gallery opening in early December located at the south end of downtown Phoenix.. She had been thinking about the fact that she had missed school today and the pep rally. Jamie hadn't missed a day of school since she was little and got Chicken pox. She had also missed cheering at the game, that had never happened before either. She was a captain of the squad. Next year she would be senior captain. The thing that kept bugging her about this was that she couldn't get herself to care that she missed. A couple weeks ago, missing school or a cheer event would have been.