What are you doing? she thought. You're acting like an adolescent instead of a twenty-eight year old mother. He's only seventeen!Yet as she climbed th...e stairs to her bedroom to change clothes, her heart skipped a beat when she recalled seeing Chico out mowing the lawn a few days ago, sweat dripping from those bulging biceps.She slipped out of the dress and went to the dresser to get something casual to wear while washing the car. She thought about jeans but for some reason rejected them.. For him what he wore had no bearing on him living out his dream inDisney, but like every other little Cinderella roaming the park beforehim, the clock would strike midnight, ending the fantasy sooner than hewanted."I can't thank you enough Nana," said Carl, licking his ice cream andholding a Cinderella doll as the firework show ended."Nor can I thank you Caroline," said Greta, walking over and sittingdown. "You made an old woman happier than I've been in many many years." It was my pleasure,. . why are they wearing those little black caps?" Those what?" she asked, leaning closer."Those little black caps."She widened her eyes and covered her mouth with her hands, grinning broadly behind them. "Those little black... ?" she began, then she bent over with soft laughter as I watched, confused. She straightened up, and took a few seconds to calm down. "Oh, that's precious! I have to tell Martha about this!"The little black hat, she whispered, was a yarmulke; the salesmen there were. A nurse came to us and told us that Kim's parents were both in surgery. She could not go into detail but said that their injuries were quite severe. She would let us know how it goes as soon as she can find out.A couple-of-hours later mom and dad showed up and joined us in the waiting room. Dad went to talk with the nurse on duty to see what he could find out. They had a long conversation as dad slowly shook his head as he was hearing bad news. He then came over to us and sat down next to Kim.
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