.. Good night to you all!”Running towards us was Phyllis, the birthday girl’s Mom, asking, “Can you please go on for another hour?”“Our cont...ract was for two hours, Ms. Jefferson. We could go on at $300 per hour, but we need to be paid for our contract first?”“So, this is all about money, young man?” she was quick to remark with her hands on her hips.“No, Ma’am! This is business and I have nine people to pay. Your husband works for a paycheck, so you can hire people to play music for your. Just as her hand was starting to slide into the front of her pants, the phone rang. She groaned and rolled over. Caller ID showed it to be Steven, her boyfriend of five months. She eagerly answered the phone. “Well hey, honey, why haven’t you called?” she asked. “Oh, er, hi! I wasn’t sure when you’d be up for talking, since you just got in.” “I might be up for a little more than talking. Believe me, I could use some pleasant distraction after the week I’ve had. I’ve been. "What?" she asked softly.Laurie sighed as she sat down on the edge of Iris's bed."I think that there might be something wrong with dad."Iris fought down the instant queasiness in her stomach and strove for a calm strong tone of voice. "I'm almost certain that if it was that serious, then he would have said something to us by now." Although she was painfully aware of the veiled hints that he had been dropping lately.She realised that it had worked though, when she saw the sag in her sister's. A very attractive girl wearing a blue skirt and white blouse stepped down. She was followed by a man about my age - well into middle age, that is - with a shit-eating grin on his face. As he placed both feet on the ground by the door the girl leaned forward and hugged him tightly then whispered into his ear. The man nodded, still grinning widely, and then meandered off to the door leading into the gym.The girl went to the front of the bus and spoke happily to the small crowd of other girls and.