"Get used to it. It would take me ten years to grow it all back. If I want to." But you were so beautiful." Did you ever say something and realize eve...n as the words left your mouth that it was a big mistake?"I WAS?"I wondered if I could handle Monster Girl in full eruption. One little past tense. I thought about hiding behind Tami, but sensed that she'd taken a step back and I was on my own."Roberta Elizabeth Marie Tate. You are a beautiful..." My brain went into hyper-drive. This was one of. You listen to me!"Gail was angry. How could anyone blame me for what had happened to me so long ago. I guess Gail was going to tell me, though, and I gave in. "Okay tell me." It's about time, now shut up and listen. This isn't about Cindy or my brother. I don't know the right or wrong of how they got together and fell in love. They did and they are still in love, and it makes me happy."This is about your daughter, Aileen. Cindy, Steve and I have all tried to reach her. Cindy and Steve have lost. He would have been around fifty years old and had that leathery face of a man who spent most of his life under the hot sun. ‘Pierre tells me that you disagree with our methods.’ ‘Yes Sir, I do.’ ‘What experience do you have that allows you to comment, have you made wine yourself?’ ‘Yes, in fact I have. My father allowed me to make wine for the past two years from the vineyard that he planted the year that I was born.’ ‘Pah! The grapes are far too young to produce good wine, the vines must be at. " Hope shrugged. "She was the only other one there." Lorraine? Come on..." Shawna managed, after a moment, and the three girls just laughed, leaving Marcus to leave quietly and return to his drawing."Marcus?" he looked up from the kitchen table to see the three women staring at him, and self-consciously eased the sketch-pad closed, looking back and forth amongst them."What?" he finally asked, when it became apparent even to him that they were waiting for something."Are you OK?" Hope asked,.