On top the white bodice had short flutter sleeves with black lace trimand a thin black lace rounded collar. In the middle a thick pink ribbonseparated... the thick black and white stripes of the full skirt which washemmed half way between his knees and ankles ending in the same thinlayer of black lace. In the back the pink ribbon was tied in a large bowand matched the only other pink accent perfectly which sat atop his head."What is it! What is it?" yelled Emily hurrying down the stairs and. Even then, his heart wasn't in it. Then one day he came home and announced we were selling all we owned, buying a wagon and some horses, and joining the movement west to the Oklahoma Territory. Mama wasn't happy. In fact she was furious that he had made this decision without discussing it with her. But, being the good wife, supported his decision.It took two months before he had sold everything and all the arrangements were made. The day finally came when Mama, Daddy, my younger sister, Mary,. She nor I had even realized that we had fans watching, one guy walked up to me, another husband and asked me, "Is that your wife?" I said,"Yeah, that's my wife!" he just looked at me and said, my God she is amazing, your a lucky guy! I felt soo proud to know that my beautiful wife was turning guys on all around the room, and not just me or her new lover. As she stared up at her new found love, I saw his body tense and his hands which were resting on her head, begin to shake, I knew that look. ‘Relax,’ I said. ‘I’m not gay.’ Steve smiled thinly. ‘Sorry. Guess I’m just a suspicious person.’ I shrugged. ‘You like Carmen, huh?’ He was a little startled by my abrupt mention of his favorite customer, but recovered quickly, a fond smile stretching his mouth. ‘Yeah, she’s . . . gorgeous.’ ‘In more ways than one,’ I said. ‘You know her?’ I nodded. ‘We don’t talk much anymore, but . . . yeah, I know her.’ ‘As friends?’ he prodded. I just smiled. He sighed. ‘So that’s what this is,’ he said..