Aftertucking in the leg bands, she covered them with some white satin rumbapanties with several rows of wide yellow lace shimmering across theseat. He...r watching daughters snickered in amusement as she sat me upand dressed me in another fancy short party frock she must haveborrowed from Mandy's youngest. This crotch-length toddler dress wasfashioned from crisp, heavily-starched white cotton, with yellow lacetrimmings and a wide yellow satin sash sewn around the high Empirewaist. It even had two. Ron sat holding Susan tenderly in his arms. He softly kissed her cheek and she intertwined her fingers with his."I love you." she said softly.He nodded against her cheek."I love you. I shall always love you." he replied, just as softly.They continued in their position, Susan's legs now lowered. She snuggled back against Ron, feeling his loving arms around her.Cindy and Barbara returned, they carried new pillows which they propped behind Ron so he could lay back. He reclined against them holding. When he finally managed to rise and dress."Don't go back to sleep on me," he said when he left. "We've got a date for dinner at seven, then we'll take in a movie or something." I'd rather have the something," she called after him.Feeling warm and wonderful, the dark-haired woman returned for another shower. Yesterday, her world seemed bleak and dreary. Today everything was rosy and delicious. Perhaps it would be a short-lived feeling. She didn't care. If it were only for tonight, it would be. "If- if that's what you want," Lucas mumbles. "You know, umm, if you dowant to talk-" I-" I snap back, before sighing. "...I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, youknow, bite your heads off... It's kinda a sensitive subject, you know?" I can kinda imagine," Lucas says quietly. "...Sorry." S'okay," I shrug as we get out our books and start reading through thescene as instructed.That particular topic of conversation doesn't crop up again for therest of the morning, thanks in no small part to Tara wanting.