Volume 26 – Café Woodys - The Woody Back to School Unit

115Deborah sighed and tapped the cane down totake her measure.“Thank you Miss Morton,” said Derby as Debshelped her to her feet. “Shall I come next door andhelp you prepare for bed?”Debs shook her head. “No, you hop under thecovers,” she told her loyal grubby. “It’s my turn totuck you in.”Bleary-eyed and chronically hungover theWoody gals slowly trickled into the hotel dining roomto forage at a buffet brunch that Cassie Cassy hadsupervised. The mimosa and Bloody Mary stand wasproving particularly popular.Mr Humphries had declared Sunday a longsnooze and loose tie day to allow the inmates torecover from the late night revelries. Despite theirfragile conditions the inmates were exhilarated withthe spectacular success of the previous evening’s galaopening. They milled about trading yarns and candiddigital photographs.Joanna Heyworth and Mr Humphries sat up inbed drinking coffee.“That was one strange night,” laughed Jojo.“Just imagine if the press gets hold of it. Think of theheadlines, ‘The Woodettes come out of thewoodwork’.”Mr Humphries smiled. “Well, even thoughStacks’s guys did a great job keeping the paparazziout of your faces you know this’ll be all over thepapers.”