Veevee demonstrates her kissing on Lil

"Because I feel I've missed out, I mean?" Lil said, spreading her hands.

Veevee had kissed everyone else since last night, and that's the meaning she took from Lil.

"Oh, come here, Lil," Veevee said. "Give your mom a kiss."

The two of them stood embracing, with a long, tender, lip to lip kiss. They broke apart with a sigh and a smile.

"So. Am I a good kisser?" Veevee asked.

"I don't think that was the same kiss, Mom, but it's good enough for me." Lil laughed and repeated, "Good enough for me." Her voice was softer, more relaxed, and she smiled easily. "Maybe the guys are missing out."

"Oh, you," Veevee said. "So. Breakfast is ready, thank you Bernie, so let's get it on the table."

Gary and Hank soon appeared, in shorts and T-shirt, as little as they could get away with. Lil and Veevee were in skimpy nightshirts, and Bernie wore only an apron, sitting with her broad. bare buttocks on a kitchen towel.