"Geraldine appeared, Chrissie's jeans and sweatshirt rolled up so her feet and hands were free, her hair wrapped in a towel. She stopped at the door w...hen she saw that Tom was in the lounge with Amy and DeeJay, and backed away."Geraldine!" Chrissie called to her from the kitchen. "Come in here and dry your hair."Having got the girl to sit in the kitchen with hair-dryer, brush and comb, Chrissie left her there long enough to go to Tom in the lounge. "Tom, why don't you take the kids to church?. The next day was laundry day and he was doing the second loadwhen an idea for a story came into his head, at least the firstpart of it did. He went to his computer and started to write. Thewords came freely. He was on a roll. By the time he finished thefirst chapter the laundry was done. By suppertime he had finished half of the second chapter. He wasbubbling but didn't tell Mary he was actually writing a story. At supper Mary asked, "Do you know why I picked this village tolive in? I. I didn't mind that part.We had our business meeting and got back to the villagers around 6:30 for a fantastic wild-meat African dinner. Before dinner, there was quite a bit of singing and African dancing. As I had noticed before, African males walk hand-in-hand to show that they are best friends. I had noticed that several other countries have this custom, too.After dinner, Ken came to me to see how I liked the dinner. As we talked, he held my hand and we slowly walked around the grounds. I. " I am not lying!" See? There's another one. Remember that date you broke with me because your Aunt Ruth came to town? I saw you that night going into Starbuck's with your Aunt Ruth. I was amazed at how much your Aunt Ruth looked like Jared Lucciano. The only reason I've stayed with you since that night was that I needed a date for the prom. Now that Pauline has agreed to go to the prom with me I don't need you anymore." But what about me? It is too close to the prom for me to find a date." Not.