Zlata has her chair pushed up against his, hugging him, and Grandpa is seated at the head of the table, trying his hardest not to cry, yet tears slowl...y trickle down his face. Looking at me, he says, “Where were you? You should have been with your family.”Dahlia speaks for me, saying, “Everybody grieves in their own way. Leave him alone.” It warms my heart that she feels protective of me enough to speak up like that.I feel the need to address business, saying, “Gran and I took care of all the. And she does not like the beach, especially the sand.”“I’m with her on that,” Heather said, very softly.“Kent is retired,” Frej continued. “I can call him as I need him. He used to own his own boat some time ago, and he knows well how to handle himself out on the water. It is the fishing that he is still learning.”“Maybe he should’ve come out then?” Tommy suggested.“He said he has been dreaming of cod every night for weeks, so it is better if he takes the day off,” Frej joked.We soon pulled. " Well, most mommies do tend to be women," Mom said playfully."Yes, and my Mommy is a woman I would sure love to get a real woman kiss from. You know what I mean." Hmm. I'm not too sure about that idea." Well, OK, but I thought you said you wanted to give me something I really wanted a lot. I guess you didn't actually mean it." Now wait a minute!" Mom protested. "Of course I meant it. Uh--you are just joking, aren't you--about the kiss, I mean." No, Mom, I definitely am not joking. What I would. We found through the small ads and the internet, but there was never a shortage of applicants. We took it in turns to make the final decision when the girls came to the bar we met at. We did everything in the open to make sure they knew we were up front and not a bunch of psychos. Pretty soon one of the three women at the table was going to be sore, humiliated, a porn star and $10,000 better off. It was a lot of money but we made quite a bit back selling the tapes onto a friend in the European.