Lacey was dead tired when she saw Bob waiting for her in the arrival’s area and dozed off while she was telling him what she and Jody had cooked up.... She woke up as he half carried her into the brownstone, but then conked out, sleeping late the next morning, which was a Saturday.Life went on. Neither Bob nor Lacey forgot about what Jody was doing for them, but neither expected to hear anything soon, perhaps for months. They were therefore both shocked when, around nine-thirty PM the following. I didn't waste any time. With one quick move I picked her up and sat her down right next to me. She giggled.Greg and Trisha were congratulating me on how well I played but I wasn't paying much attention to them."Did you like the way I played?" I whispered to Becky."I was jumping up and down the whole time, just thinking how exciting it was going to be to sit here next to you." Did you like how I played?" I repeated my question."Oh, I wasn't paying any attention to the way you played," she. Evie found several piano teachers of great skill. We were able to lure one of them to Scotland on a one-year contact, to expand my repertoire and improve my playing. The year flew by and between physical training and musical lessons, I felt good about myself in ways I’d never experienced before.It was at the end of that year that Evie announced she was leaving us to head back to the states with my piano teacher. They had definitely bonded. Deirdre and I spent many nights together, while Evie. But at sixteen I knew how much she'd alwayswanted a daughter. And over the last few years I'd found myself wantingto give her that special gift, I just didn't know how to go about it.I was afraid to mention it to anyone, especially not my brothers whowere very much stereotypical Males. My mother on the other hand saw anysign of femininity as a sign she wasn't raising us right, so I hid myfeelings from her. our father had left us all when I was Nine, and Iknew from the way he'd treated her that.