‘I don’t know what that might be Victoria. There’s nothing else here. I’ve looked.’ ‘Oh, but there is. Our most important possession. One ...that we now know we can’t be without.’ She gazed at him with calm assurance. An inkling of comprehension slowly began to dawn, but he had no idea how to react, how to respond. Keri now stepped forward. ‘We came back for you Sam. We want you to come with us. We need you to come with us. Both of us.’ She glanced at Victoria, who nodded, before turning her. "I don't dare cry, as bad as I wanted to.I play a few bars to warm up, then mom, leans against the piano and ina voice that has aged well, and now sounds lower and more sultry than Iremember, starts singing the original German lyrics and the crowdbreaks into applause. The next few minutes are now my favorite memoryof my mother. The crowd is mesmerized, half dressed drag queens arestanding on the edge of the stage, mouths agape.We had to do an encore. While the crowd is standing and cheering,. She looked at me thoughtfully and said if you two like to be nude at home I dont mind I wont complain it is really kind of nice I think. You do I asked? Yes i dont think a nude body is dirty or anything Im not a prude even though Im old she chuckled.Well I will let her know and maybe we will resume our lifestyle of naked at home.That would make me very happy she replied.She then asked would you two care if I was naked as well? A little surprised I said heck no Joan you have a nice body!Oh. Sheila immediately recognized it andadded, "She has also found love with a young man who is himself connectedto multiple powerful people in addition to Lord and Lady Smith. Emma hasfound herself joining several titled nobles and dining with high rankingpoliticians and that is not including rubbing elbows with dozens of multi-millionaires on a daily basis." Ian had to grin at that, just because theywere kids and teens didn't make their personal fortunes any lessspectacular.Deborah and Lilly now.