" Very well. Now, do you know what size you need?" When Mara shook herhead, the woman went on. "Why don't we go to the back room, where wecan take ...ome measurements." Tom waddled to the back of the storebehind the other women, fully aware of the smiling saleslady behind theregister."Please strip him to his underpants, dear, while I get the tapemeasure." Tom stood still as his mommy took off his shoes and dampsocks, followed by his pants and shirt. To his great relief, she alsowent behind. Let’s do this. I’ll lead the way and you follow me in, ok?”I nodded and we got the trays with glasses of punch out of the fridge. When we got to the door, he turned to me. “Smile man. You are going to enjoy this. You’re at a party, not an execution. Here we go.”He pushed the door open and stepped into the room. There was no way I could have gone first, but I took a deep breath and entered the room behind him. The ladies chatter was replaced by hoots and whistles.“That’s’ what I’m talking. He arrived at the course just over an hour before his tee time and he used that time to warm up. He met an RCGA official who introduced Dave to his team for the first pro/am. The team was made up of Vancouver businessmen who had paid big money to play with the defending champion. A distracted Dave only played fair but the businessmen were impressed with his huge drives and his occasionally accurate approach shots. The team didn't do very well in the competition but his teammates were simply. It is important to say that we all know women who revel in the fact that they are sexy in appearance and they enjoy flaunting their beauty. Certainly my stepmother possessed the looks and body that was capable of "stopping traffic", but she was "delightfully" unassuming in the way she conducted her everyday life. Because she had been so focused on my father, I'm sure that she had never really noticed the effect that she had on other men. More importantly, until his passing, she hadn't really.
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