It was clear that Arabella was flirting with them, but they weren’t quite sure how to respond. It seemed odd that Kevin hadn’t noticed, but it was...apparent that Arabella kept on making him run little errands to distract him, purely to give her opportunities to flaunt her body in an outrageously obvious way.At one point, when Arabella had dragged Kevin into the kitchen to help with the dessert, they had a hurried consultation across the table.“What the hell’s going on here?” asked Alan. “She’s. If there had have been a band, they would have played stripper music. As it was, Mina was dancing to her own internal music. She slid the contents out and back in with an exaggerated bump and elbow grind, laughing all the time.They were photographs ... fifteen photographs ... pictures of Bill negotiating the first sale ... oh, sure, the pictures were grainy but there was no denying Bill's height."This first set of pictures were sent from the heirs of 'Jolly' Jim Anderson. That's him in the. Didn’t you say you could fall in love with me too?”I nodded yes, but pled my case; “I thought you had rejected me! You don’t think I would have been hurt leaving you? I know the pain of losing someone so it wasn’t going to be new to me. The pain of caring for someone who doesn’t care about you was new to me, especially after all the women I strung along over the years. My chickens had come home to roost and I accepted it, not willingly, but begrudgingly.” I admitted.“And?” She asked waiting for. Dinner was great—the turkey was perfect and the mashed potatoes and all the side dishes added up to a great meal. Beth totally charmed Dad, and even The Pest behaved himself.We sat around after dinner and just let the meal settle, then played a couple of inane board games where Beth even had my little brother under her spell. Later the pies came out, including a pumpkin that was outstanding—and gave me a chance to stick my big, smelly foot halfway down my throat, "Mom this your best pie yet!.