Previously
————————————-Shane——————————–

Miracle of all
miracles Rachel, who was the last to be ready, strolled over to the couch just
as the door opened and all of our wonderful yet hyperactive offspring came
pouring in.

I grinned as a
very tired looking group of adults followed them and flopped into the nearest
seats. Now it was time to have a quick breather before the fun began. I watched
as Bette winked at Holly who scampered of and returned a few minutes later.

“Mama, Mommy!!!”

I saw the looks
of pure joy an Andy and Rachel’s faces as Holly called them by those names for
the first time and knew that no present given to them would ever mean so much.

The little girl
handed over the box we had prepared and the envelope to accompany it before
scrambling up to sit between her parents.

They looked at
us before opening the package and pulling out the photo album we had prepared
for them with photos from the night of Bette’s show where Andy first took
Rachel to their house through the first weeks there and at Bette and Tina’s.
The time in London and since we all came back, right up to their Party a few
nights ago. Photos that they had posed for and ones they had no idea were
taken. They cried as the looked at them all.

“We left the back empty, that part is for
you to decide.”

They looked at
me as I spoke and I felt the gratitude in their glances. Before Rachel opened
the envelope and showed the contents to Andy before smirking and telling us all
to fuck off as we started to leave.

Chapter
33

——————————–Tina———————————

We all
loaded into the town cars that Peggy had arranged for us and I noticed not for
the first time that when Andy made a request Peggy actually listened, that was
rarely that case with anyone else but for Andy it seemed that she just would
and as such she had not sent over the top limousines but had heard and adjusted
when Andy had requested nothing over the top, and I knew that the cars we sat
in were hardly run of the mill but were as down market as she would be willing
to go.

Over the
last months since Andy and Rachel had arrived in town and set up residence as a
part of our group I had pondered Andy’s relationship with two of the women in
our group more than any others and as I had Rachel to myself I thought this
journey downtown gave me a good opportunity to see if she had any insight that
she could share.