By the time I got home I barely had time to wash up, touch up my makeup and slip on my new black strapless dress, the same three inch blackpatent heel...s I wore when meeting the pizza boy and a touch of Ann Klienperfume, my favorite. When Rusty showed up with Angie, Amanda led himinto the living room and came to get me.Amanda looked at me and said, "Wow, girl, Mr. Williams doesn't stand achance tonight. He's going to melt like hot butter. Do you have araincoat?"I replied, "Amanda, there was no. Look at the site and then I think you will understand.’ ‘OK, I’ll look. But I’m not making any promises.’ ‘Have you heard from Bill?’ ‘He hasn’t called, but I have not checked my email yet. He wants me to go to Miami with him in two weeks.’ ‘I think he likes you. Take the trip. He’s fun and he’s got money.’ ‘I like him, but I’m not as open sexually as he is, my behavior at the spa notwithstanding.’ ‘Bill’s pretty cool. Just enjoy him. Nobody said you have to get married.’ ‘Good point. I’m going. So, now that she was home and it was still warm outside, Susan just took off the nice clothes she'd worn down to Riverside and didn't bother to put anything on to replace them. She took the package of information she'd picked up at the college and hauled it out on the deck, then spread herself out in a lounge chair. She had the intention of at least briefly doing something about her bikini lines while she went through all the material, trying to pick out what courses she wanted to take and work. Haley holds the household credit cards and we’ve had plenty of conversations about spending. Deena, being our daughter, gets an allowance, transferred weekly to her prepaid credit card.Deena laid her purchases on the counter, the young lady at the register rang them up. $25.81.“I DID it,” Deena exclaimed. “The ROOT of all EVIL!”The girl at the register looked perplexed. I hid my own questions.Haley started laughing. “It IS. It REALLY IS!”“Okay,” I said. “Let me in on the joke.”“Daa-aadddd!”.