I can't believe we just did this... but I'm glad it happened." Then I turned to study her, suddenly curious. "So... how long have you wanted to -- to ...be with me this way?" She placed a playful kiss on the tip of my nose. "The correct expression is 'make love,' Mom... and to answer your question, I've dreamed of making love to you for at least a year." She caressed my face. "That's when I figured out I was gay." Still puzzled, I pressed on. "But honey, why did you want me? Don't get me wrong,. If he had decided to go on with it, it would be sheer heaven!"Dan Michaels," Ruth heard her own voice saying into the phone. "You say he's on the line now? Yes, I'll speak with him." Okay, I'll speak to you later." The secretary's voice clicked off, and then established the special telephone connection that would enable Dan's call to be transferred to the Connors's home phone.Ruth felt something within her light up ever so slightly as she heard Dan's familiar voice on the telephone. She could. ”“I’m nervous and hungry and wildly thirsty. Please get me a glass of Chardonnay.”The nearest nurse said, “You’ll have to rough it for a few more minutes otherwise what you take in will come right back out the same way when you start to push. I’ve seen it too many times to count.”Pam nodded but that didn’t change her condition.Doctor O’Reilly came in, checked Pam, and then made ready with a few arrangements of trays of scalpels and other medical things near Pam’s delivery end. He made sure she. “Come on lets go over there by the rocks, we can take more pictures over there,” she said.We left our picnic stuff where it was and headed to the rocks on the water. We ran across them like we used to do when we were kids and all the way back until we got back to where we started, then we sat down. I took the opportunity to take more pictures of Rita looking out at the water, her hair blowing in the wind, skipping a rock, and one perfect shot of her looking at me and smiling, she looked so.