"I believe we need to go shopping again." Oh, goody!" Ileana squealed. "You'll like going shopping with Michael!"Deedee and Abby looked puzzled."C'mon..., let's find you something to wear," Ileana said pushing Deedee out of the booth. Together the three girls started for the Guest Wing. At the door Ileana stopped and turned to ask me, "Can the others come too?" Of course!" I replied.Turning back to Penny, Kip, and Karla, I said, "Let me connect Anna. She's almost here." I did, and after bidding. Gretchen started by attacking the strongest point."Miss Walker. This is Patricia de la Garza. She's Puerto Rican and her boyfriend just threw her out, so she has no place to stay. Plus she hit her head. Poor thing. Can she have permission to stay for a few days til she can find a place?"Miss Walker, she was 55 and still a Miss, had been an army nurse in France. She usually believed very little that the girls in her charge said to her, but Pedro's very real, and very fresh, bruises convinced her. I could tell that her parents were not very well to do, but I didnt know anything about them since they had never attended a parent-teacher conference night. I parked the car and moved to get out with her and walk her to her door, but she quickly spoke up, Thanks again Mr. Font. See ya. Then she ran off and inside her house quick as a mouse. I shrugged and calmly drove back home. When I got home Rachel meet me wearing her fine black fishnet stockings, a black silken nighty, and a smile. I. ‘For us? What do you mean Dad?’ She looked to Jennifer and then me, waiting for an answer. ‘Well,’ I said taking Jennifer’s hand into mine. ‘Apparently, and I understand if you are angry with me, but please do not be angry with Jennifer.’ ‘Wait, wha-‘ she looked confused and then realized I was holding Jennifer’s hand, ‘What the fuck? Jennifer, why is he holding your hand . . . Jen!’ ‘Gabby,’ she began, ‘remember when I told you a week ago about how I had been struggling to get beyond my past,.