”“I put the trip off for a day or two. Talking to you was more important.”“Your lover okay with that?”“Fuck him; he isn’t all that impor...ant.”“But isn’t fucking him what has us here having this talk?”“Please Barry; can we go in your office and close the door? We don’t need everyone here knowing our business.”“They will all end up knowing it anyway so what does it matter?”“What do you mean?”“When we divorce the reason is bound to come out sooner or later.”“Divorce? Why are you talking. Many, many bottles of spirits were already open and everyone seemed to be having a good time. A band consisting of 5 musicians had been hired and were playing. I wasn?t paying too much attention for my eyes were focused entirely on Bridget. The band had 5 blacks in it and was playing a variety of different music, we were all dancing, I got the first dance with Bridget as is the custom. Bridget and I were not use to drinking but were constantly being handed glasses with various booze and being. ”Gill had the same sinking feeling as their first lunch together, weeks earlier, but as she approached the table, in a different but similarly old established restaurant as before, she was surprised by Gertie’s cheery countenance and warm hug greeting. Gertie didn’t chitchat either, following the usual niceties, she launched straight into the object of her meeting.“My dear goddaughter Belinda Wheatier is going to shadow you over the next month or two to help you get properly integrated into the. What life the little girl had in the outside world ended that day and she retreated deep within you. From that point on she only came forth through first your colorings and then later your drawings and paintings. You were nearly twenty before you were really able to embrace being a girl, and by then you were stepping into a young woman's world, but that little five-year-old girl within you hadn't aged a day. She wanted out, and you wanted to let her out, but there was no mummy there to love.