"I'll put you in your special party frock after breakfast,baby. I don't want you to make a mess of your gorgeous satin frock whileyou're eating your b...rekkie," Mummy explained.Once buckled in his pink-painted steel highchair in the kitchen, shelowered the attached white plastic tray, clipped a bib around his neckand began spoon-feeding him. He dutifully let some of the warm porridgeshe fed him spill from his lips and slowly slobber down his chin, tillthe excess gruel dripped onto the. Better yet, let me.” Rejecting the second suggestion, she went into their room. He had a few things to do before bed, himself, and he kept a toothbrush in the main upstairs bathroom. He took less time than she did, and he was lying in bed when she came out of their bath. She went to the room door and locked it. When she got to the bed, she stripped off her nightgown and hung it on the headboard. Both were signals that they were going to have sex tonight.When he reached for her, though, she. I?ve stood for some time at the doorwatching you at play. Doing that, you looked just like Nicole, when she satfor hours on the same spot and was deep into playing. Do you know, Nicki,you look very much like her. For a moment I almost thought that her deathwas just an evil dream and that she suddenly was again here in the room.Your Mom didn?t tell me anything about your liking to play with dolls. Andthe way you were playing there, it?s not the first time, or...?"Now I was somwhat relieved, I. Tandra took my hand and we walked north along the sandy shore, small birds running here and there to get out of our way. Conversation was minimal for the next half-hour. The sun was gone, replaced by a waxy moon, the light of which cast the appearance of an oil painting across the sea. It was perfect. We stopped to look at it."It's so perfect, isn't it?" she asked."It is, with you here," I whispered back.Tandra turned and embraced me. I felt her arms as they clasped me warmly to her body. Her.