.. For you, it's a start."She finished dressing and gathered her things into her purse and her briefcase. In my whole life in Memphis, Tennessee, I ha...d never seen a woman carry a briefcase.Martha reminded me that I had Fiore at ten, I had to take my vitamins and the yeast, and I could meet Ronnie for lunch again if I wanted. Later that night we were due at an Artur Rubenstein concert. "Then we'll rest," she said. "Maybe we can just sit around later and get some of our Fire Island stuff ready. "Quick, call Alicia. Warn her that the most rip-roaring drunk I've ever had is on her way over to the parking lot right now."Shelly nodded at the bartender, who picked up the bar phone and dialled like the Devil was after her."Debra, you and Sofia keep Isabel here, whatever you do." Mother's drunk again, isn't she?" asked Sofia shrewdly. I cocked an eyebrow at her – again? How often did she over-serve herself anyway?I had an inspired idea. "Hey, Isabel, you want to go swimming again?" Yes, can. I’ll be right back.”Dave walked away, leaving me buried and helpless in the sand.I started to get scared after about a half-hour seemed to go by and he hadn’t returned. I figured the line might be long, but with no one around, how could that be. After an hour seemed to go by, I started to panic. I started yelling. “Hey! Come on out you asshole! This isn’t funny any more! Hey! Someone! Please! Help me!”I figured that _someone_ must have heard me screaming my head off, but still no one came.About. Alice and Ellie were to be our bridesmaids. Invitations also went to John and Wendy and Esther and her children. We also decided that people from the office should be represented so we invited Grace and Walter.Once we had all these things underway I decided the next step was to prepare ourselves for the meeting we had arranged with Mr. McMillan. We arrived in his office as he had arranged at four in the afternoon. He stood and welcomed us and suggested we adjourn to another room which they used.