There was that inward woman’s intuition that caught hold of Colin Mackenzie’s interest in Juliana and she held onto that hope for her best friend.... It was tearing her apart to see her friend so unhappily betrothed to the Kincaid heir. ‘Juliana and I grew up together. Our mothers were best friends.’ ‘I see …’ Colin commented, glancing for a moment toward Robbie and Juliana then back to Lucinda. He didn’t know where to go from here. The woman he was beginning to fall for was betrothed with a. I'll just see if there's any pie left."Leah stuck her tongue out at him, but then smiled and turned back to the phone. He could hear her excited voice as he left.They've got their own world, he mused. It's hard to believe I'm barely a part of it anymore. He sighed. At least he had pie to look forward to.Back in the kitchen, Chris cut himself a small slice of pie and then got out the milk. After pouring himself a glass, he settled back against the counter and lifted his fork.Then noticed the. After he had divorced Mary in 1979 he had taken a new job in upstate New York and other than sending regular monthly alimony and child support payments contact with his ex-wife and daughter had become virtually non-existent."Anyway," Clarity continued, "none of us even recognized what was going on, and I know I certainly didn't, but I guess after I moved out mom developed a serious gambling problem. The gambling didn't really start affecting her life that negatively until after I turned. Her stubble of a beard felt uncomfortably rough on my now delicate skin. I felt a coarse large tongue forcing itself into my small mouth. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see my curly back hair changing into the spun gold of Bambi's blonde mane. Then her golden hair shortened into the coarse curly mass that was my hair."Now my lover, look at our legs." She broke the kiss looking down at me and said, "You really are extraordinarily beautiful, you know." I tried to answer but I couldn't..