Bette had arranged for a car to pick them up at 6:15 and then at the theatre and then at the restaurant. Tina was so excited about seeing this musical. She and Bette had seen it shortly after it opened, but that was almost 2 years ago. Tina found it wonderful and awe inspiring. Bette had to admit that it certainly was a fine collection of handsome men and had hastily added, “if you are interested in that sort of thing.”  Tina had laughed and chastised Bette with a “You know, it’s okay to admire the beauty of another individual. That admiration is not a threat to us my dear.”

The family assembled in the living room dressed in their finery. Angie was in a sleeveless white jump suit with plaza pants with her hair pulled back in a French bun. She was wearing multiple gold chains around her neck and several gold bracelets. She looked ready for a red-carpet event. Bette was stunned at how beautiful Angie was. She looked like a young starlet she had often seen at events she had accompanied Tina with over the years. For Tina, this young woman was still her baby but was now a brilliant young woman whom they would be escorting to her first collegiate experience within a couple of days.

Mary was wearing a black Lemay shinning suit with low black heals. She too looked like entertainment royalty. She had her standard short spiky white hair and her make-up was perfect. Her brilliant blue eyes sparkled. Daniel wore his black suit with a medium blue dress shirt and a black tie. He had been very precise with his hair and looked very mature for his almost eleven years old. He held his postures very erect. Tina believed that Daniel was imitating Bette in the way he held his carriage, but made a more masculine appearance when he always seemed to have one of his hands in his pants pocket when just standing about. Unlike most children Dan’s age, he paid attention to his surrounding and absorbed all the that was going on. If something was happening which he did not understand, he would ask questions later to his moms when he found the opportunity. He had picked up the habit of looking someone square in the eyes when talking to them which most adults found to be flattering and most of his peers found to be somewhat intimidating. Daniel really loved this ability to get what he judged to be a straight forward answer or response. People find it difficult to fudge the truth when someone is looking at you directly.