Some things are a bit fuzzy as this was several years ago. Gene, Trent, and Violet were on a USO tour. Madra was pretty miffed at not being invited due to "scheduling problems," but she was more interested in getting Trent back in time for the holidays.
Madra made plans to pick Trent up when their plane landed, and although you can't really see it in the photograph, she had decorated the interior of the limo with about a ton of mistletoe.
Unfortunately, they were very late getting home (as in two weeks or more, I think) due to storms in the Atlantic - or maybe it was the Pacific - or - oh who cares; it was some ocean or lake or something. But Madra was determined to meet Trent at the airport, no matter when he got there.
On that fateful night that they arrived back in the USA, Trent begrudgingly got in the limo. On the way to Madra's estate, he began feeling dizzy and became violently ill. That's why his head is turned away in the photo; he was about to...well...you know. (If he'd had his wits about him, he probably wouldn't have turned away from her! Tee-hee!!)
A tearful Madra rushed Trent to the nearest hospital, where he spent several days undergoing all kinds of tests because the doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with him. They were afraid he was going to DIE!
Fortunately, a strange little doctor from Asia - or maybe it was Europe - he had some funny accent - said, "Ah-ha! Test Mr. Ozzie for mold allergy. Good-bye."
As it turned out, Trent has a quite rare but potentially deadly allergy to mistletoe mold. Yes, Madra's romantic plans just about killed him. Sad thing is, the poor guy wouldn't even have died happy.
