I musthave said something really bad because she began weeping really hard."I'm sorry. I didn't mean it, whatever I said. Don't cry..." Ifrantically t...old her, hugging her around the neck."No... no, Tamara, you didn't say anything wrong. You made me so happywhen you referred to my daughter as your sister. God she would havebeen so happy to have had you as a sister." Okay, I just thought..." Shh... honey, it's getting late and I need to get you into a soft andpretty nightie," Conni stated,. ..”“We owe each other.” She paused. “If you just want it to be me and you, I know a trick...”“What kind of trick?”We’d talked about doing a cruise. Her comment was that she was just dying to be in an enclosed space with three thousand other people.“Johanna’s folks – her dad’s the CEO – have a place in the mountains in Montana. They fly up there for a while. So’s Johanna and Stoney and the baby. They have cabins. We could catch a ride, spend a week or so ... Our own cabin. Food, if we don’t want. I've gone to several sheriffs' sales. Land is cheap just now, you know, if you have some silver." He gave Anne's father a small smile. "How are things over on the Shore?" Rather confused, sir. People going off in all directions. Many families sundered, absolutely torn apart, even the Tilghmans. Imagine!" Anne's father shook his head. His heavily-veined hands quivered. "There's been some barn burning, I hear. Pitiful, sir, shameful." Yes," Amboy agreed, pursing his lips. "It has been, what shall. How could I forget? I needed to get him up at 6, havehis coffee and be dressed in black (no pantyhose!)I tried to relax a bit, but when I looked in the bathroom mirror,I began to cry all over again. Staring back at me was what used tobe a confident man who was successful at work and seemed to havehis life together. Now looking into the mirror, all I could see wasa broken little sissy, dominated by another man, used as a sex toyand as a servant. I was no longer in control of my life. Somehowover.