Gail started out defensive. She held her arms and bent forward such that her bosom barely touched my chest but warmed up allowing some contact. She en...ed up blushing. Several of the girls asked me to apply their sun-screen. The slide got some use. Janet came down and her top came off. She decided to set it aside. Ruth objected: ‘Janet, what are you doing? Matt is here.’ Janet replied: ‘I know. Matt is a cool guy. He won’t mind.’ Ruth turned to Ann: ‘Ann, what do you think?’ Ann replied: ‘We. It was raining heavily when we finished our lunch so we decided to wait a little for it to die down before hitting the road again."How are you really doing Paul?" she asked seriously.I thought about it a second and then said, "I'm OK. I'll make it." I'm glad," she said and then added, "What Marie did to you wasn't right." It was my fault, I should have been a better husband for her," I told her."That's bullshit Paul and you know it. She used you," she said with anger in her voice. Then added,. . if he isn't, there's no point on involving the two of you in that conversation either."I could see that both Bella and Deidra were curious about whatever it was I'd come up with. But under the circumstances, I felt until I'd discussed this personally with Ted, see what he thought ... how he felt about it, especially as I now knew, he'd be involved in an entirely different way beyond anything he might have considered, or even be open too. So until we spoke about it, there was no point in. "Maria's asking if you'd like her to make lunch for you both lateron," she interpreted."Oh I don't think..." Dorothy began."It really would be no trouble," Sally pressed. "She'd be happy tohelp out," she said on my behalf.At Dorothy's invitation I checked her cupboards. For today Isuggested chicken soup from a tin, and bread and cheese. She washappy with that. I told Sally that I would bring something from hometo make lunch for the next three days. She relayed the message andDorothy looked.