..I was apprehensive. How would they receive me after so long an estrangement. What would happen in my first trip to my parent's after so many years w...s a mystery. How would my parents receive me? And you? Would they be willing to love their grandson? I was no longer the girl who had gone to study in the big city. Today I was a woman of sophistication; with different concerns and values than what they had taught me. Above all things I wondered: how were they? Had they aged well? How was their. The dress looked dramatic and eye catching. It was perfect for a sophisticated woman. “It feels good; I can move in it, we can dance the night away.” While Laura was off changing, Dan had selected another dramatic dress. “This is more of a disco or night club dress; it is not really country club; humor me, try it on please.” Laura retreated to the dressing room. When his wife returned, “Hot Baby; you can boogie wearing that one. Show me some moves.” This dance dress was just that; it was made. "A small titter of recognition went through the women."You've already tested hundreds of women. How many of you have tested yourselves?"No hands came up."Well, we're going to now."Rita, hand out the strips."Everyone, spit on a card."They all did so."Did any turn green?" asked Alice.Janet, who had been recruited at Moore Genetics, raised her card. It was green.So did a black woman in her sixties, named Carla Winters.Alice raised her hands. "That will be all, ladies. Everyone but Janet and Carla. ”“Splendid,” she said with a sarcastic tone, “You want to go first?”“Ladies first,” he smiled.She didn’t want to argue because she really needed to go. She got up, went into the little room, did her business and came out. “Next,” she said with a smile when she came out.Jack got up and went into the little room. Hope took off her coat and boots and curled up on the couch. When Jack finally came out she giggled and said, “I was just about to send in a search party.”“Beans get me every time,”.