" The bartenderwalked over and started to make our drinks, then looked up like he justremembered something. He looked at me, looked at Brendan, and pu...t ittogether. He gave me a raise of the eyebrows and a shake of the head. I'msure he's seen just about everything, but a Halloween slut who comes backfor seconds...well, that might have been a first.We nursed our drinks. I have a high tolerance but I was gettingplastered. I'd been dieting all week so that I'd look amazing in this slimdress, and. . like, in shifts?" Tess wants us all to join the Club together," Kim said."Somebody's going to get the soft end of the stick," I warned.Soon, there was still-another soft two-knock knock on the little door, and Tess joined us in the now totally inadequate room."Whew! Kinda tight, huh?" she said."Tess. How about you and me now, and Kim, later?... Or Kim and me now, and you, later? I can't get it up for both of you, just bang-bang, like that! I don't think everybody will want to wait around, in. "I groaned. "I am taller than her at least." For now..." Dad said quietly.I glared at the rear view mirror in case he looked back. I managed tolast with the pacifier out of my mouth until we were pulling into ourdriveway nearly thirty minutes later. Something about arriving homesent anxiety to my brain. The outside was covered in fourteen inches ofsnow or so. I tried in vain to pop the latches myself on the harness,but I couldn't quite make my fingers hit it from the right angle. I hadjust. I just felt tired. When I found myself in my apartment upstairs, I noticed that I didn’t really want to stare at those walls one more evening - nor did I want to make any dinner for myself.A bit more than an hour and a half later I was finishing a greasy burger that would have made the health-Nazis scream in agony. I had enjoyed it just as I had enjoyed the two beers I’d had with it. In fact, I was just finishing the second beer and I had to admit that I was no wiser, nor did I feel any better.