“Just for curiosity’s sake, what does a table like this cost?” Gee could already see a table like this in Nathan and Marian’s dining room. Per...aps a little smaller than this one.“This table? This would sell for about five thousand dollars new. This one is old, so it would probably go for twice that. Of course, this table isn’t for sale. All our work is custom. We build the furniture to match the customer’s exact specifications.”“Thank you for the education. I’d love to visit your shop. And of course, I knew Pete would let me get away with this outrageous treatment.I had hoped to get closer to my son Josh’s girlfriend now the two of us were pregnant at the same time. I had always liked pretty, petite Samantha – Sam as everyone called her – but the two of them lived too far away for the two of us to have become very close.Still, with the uniting presence of two unborn children to bring us together, we had at least arranged to go baby-shopping together next time Pete and I came. I almost fell over and she said I looked like a new born swan trying to balance on a frozen pond.She took my hand in hers and helped me find my centre of balance, allowing me to strut across the floor like a real woman. Auntie Gemma told me to bend over, keeping my ankles crossed and bending at the waist. She called this the sissy bend and I was make sure that I showed everyone, just what I was wearing under my dress. She then showed me how to curtsey for a ladies attention and acknowledgment.. Neither family was rich, but probably would be considered lower middle class.She is a little more than two years younger than me. We were in the same school from my second grade and her kindergarten until I went away to college. We walked to school together, and in a lot of respects, we were more like siblings then neighbors. She came to me when she had problems with bullies, stinky friends, stupid boys, etc... We did not date until I returned to my home for spring break in my sophomore year in.