He had ended up being a grocer, so we always had food on the table, but little else. I think we would have been classified as lower-middle-class. He w...as a heavy smoker and when I was ten and he had just turned sixty-eight he died of lung cancer.He hadn't left us with any insurance. Mom worked at different odd jobs, mostly cleaning other people's houses. I know now she struggled to make ends meet, although as a kid I didn’t realize just how difficult things were for her. We evidently limped. "She asked, "What solution are you thinking?"Her friend said, "When is your husband due to be home?"Linda looked at the calendar and said, "In 2 to 3 days."Her friend said, "Great I am coming over."5 minutes later there was a knock at the door and this woman with jetblack shoulder length hair and green eyes came in and she and Lindahugged each other.She said, "Linda it is time to change that husband of yours. Let'smake that husband your skank."Linda said, "How?"Her friend Sadie asked, "What do. My breasts, which you had noticed before as large, round and well-supported, are almost bursting out of my lingerie. And it becomes apparent to you that this lingerie is the same color as the garters, so you realize that this is.....well, who knows? Maybe I just like to match my lingerie and my garter belt.That lingerie, it's a corset, and you are soon to find that out when I start unbuttoning the lower buttons of my skirt. After all I am just trying to get comfortable - my jacket is unbuttoned. I’m not supposed to be here, because this family was supposedly corrupted by your bad influence.”“I REALLY don’t care what your dad thinks,” I said firmly.“Neither do I at this point,” she replied. “I lost a bunch of friends because of everything that happened. I should never have told him about your party. I should have just danced with you and forgot everything he said.”“You can’t go back and change the past,” I counseled. “All you can do is learn from what happened and move on.”“Kara,” Sandy.