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'Noas that frown for?'

'Nothing that can be changed' Only forgotten 'Ah here comes our entrée'

For a small woman Darlene could certainly put it away Cathie was no slouch either Darlene was pleased to see that she had no inhibition about eating food and enjoying it in public though she often didn't finish So many of Ethan's lady friends that came for dinner see over a hot stove-OKat ain public it was equal to a public flogging Cathie's delight in the menu and the meal earned another tick on Darlene's mental checklist

'How can I so easily eat like this and yet be so underweight?'

'Maybe you nor'

'Maybe'

'And you're not now' Darlene reinforced

'I should be'

'Why?'

'No past, uncertain future'

'You have Ethan'

'Yes, there's Ethan'

'Well whatever or whoever was causing you to be stressed it ht to be so low Or maybe you're just one of the lucky ones who don't need to watch what they eat'

'Either way this…' Cathie's sweeping hand enco their ular occurrence No way could anyone eat like this every day and not put on weight'

The desert menu was reluctantly waved away as both women finally succumbed to a concern for kilojoules if not their full sto the view rounded off the ?' quipped Cathie not expecting an answer

Darlene reaffirmed her belief that Cathie was not one of the rich set The use of such a selftone by her lunch partner showed she was uncoance and very aware of her elevated status A perfect as a richon it

The ladies decided to walk off lunch and ain Cathie realised no one questioned an illegally parked limousine The ride back to the Eastern Suburbs was shurst to purchase a nored her protests

This time to her face