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with her church fan.  “She does not look good, she looks tired.  Tired, and thin, and exhausted from that dead end job of hers.”
    “Mother, we’re in church,” Kim whispered.  “Can we not have this discussion right now?”
    “Church is the best place to discuss that sinful place you live in,” Marjorie continued.  “Who ever heard of living in Times Square?”
    “Marjorie…”  Thornton said, trying to hush his wife.
    “Really,” Marjorie pressed on.  “She should move back to Purchase.”
    “I can’t move back in with you,” Kimberly whispered.
    “Not with us.  You can get your own place.”
    “And have to commute for thirty minutes to an hour twice a day?  No thank you.”
    “You always were a stubborn child,” Marjorie huffed.  “Now I see why John left you.”
    “John didn’t leave me, Mother,” Kim said sternly.  “I left him.”
    “Another bad decision,” Marjorie countered.  “He’s getting married, did you know that?”
    “Yes, I know it,”  Kim whispered.  “And good for him.”
    “That could have been you walking down that aisle,”  Marjorie told her.  “You could have been the wife of a doctor.”
    “What makes you think that I want to be a doctor’s wife?”  Kimberly asked.  “Or anybody’s wife for that matter?  Mother, it’s the twenty first century.”
    Marjorie gasped.  She turned toward her husband.  “Did you hear that, Thornton?  Did you?  This is what happens when you send your children off the National Cathedral School in D.C. to be educated.  They come back as liberal lesbians.”
    Kimberly gasped.  “Mother!  I am not a lesbian,”  she said under her breath.
    “What is wrong with marriage?” Marjorie asked.  “Marriage to a good and descent man like John?”
    “There’s nothing wrong with marriage to a good and descent man, I just have to find one first.  John isn’t it.”
    “You know, your sister wouldn’t have thrown him away like that.  She knows what to do with a doctor.”
    “I’m sure she does,”  Kim said sarcastically.
    “And what’s that supposed to mean?”  Marjorie asked.  “Your sister and her fiancée, Dr. Giddings, are very happy.  He may only be an OB-GYN, but at least that’s something.   He’ll have his own practice one day, and they’ll be very comfortable.”
    “And I’m happy for them,”  Kim whispered.  “But what’s good for her, isn’t necessarily good for me.”
    “You difficult difficult child you!”  Marjorie said.
    “I’m an adult now, Mom.”
    “Adults make adult decisions.  They don’t walk away from good relationships at the first sign of a little trouble.”
    “They broke my windows out of the Porsche you and Daddy bought me!”  Kimberly said under her breath.  “Another one of his ex’s, spray painted my car, while another one keyed my door!  I had to deal with the phone calls, the death threats, and all the other drama.”
    Marjorie exhaled and waved her hand, dismissing her daughter.  “Come, it’s almost time for the choir.  Let’s go and put on our choir robes.  You do still sing for the Lord, don’t you?”
    “Of course, Mother,”  Kim said rising, and following her mother back into the choir room.
     
     
    *****
     
     
    The Visionaire was unlike any other apartment building in the world.  The massive mirror glass structure had been designed by none other than world renowned architect Rafael Pelli.  Not only was the design of the wedge shape building breathtaking to behold, but the building’s surroundings were equally impressive.  Nestled on the tip of Battery Park City, the building held a commanding view of neighboring Battery Park, the Hudson River, the Manhattan skyline, and The Statue of Liberty.  Those lucky enough to live in the building were gifted with some of the most incredible views the city had to offer.
    The Visionaire’s lobby greeted visitors with massive stone columns, and a giant twelve foot aquarium filled