It was getting hard to think now that his hands were on her. Moving casually across her skin, his touch was cool but not corps like. “Are you playin...g some sort of game with me?” she asked, as his fingers narrowly avoided touching her nipples. “Everything is life is a game.” The shadow prince said “Or perhaps it’s better to look at everything as part of a play. ‘All the world is a stage and we are mealy players…’ You do know Im going to force you to read Shakespeare as part of your education.”. ”“So? It’s not like letting somebody bring up someone else’s baby, not even knowing.”“But I didn’t know you were Michael’s! Not for sure, until quite recently...”“You knew it was possible, and you could’ve had a test and found out.”“I suppose that’s true,” June sighed guiltily, “but it just ... seemed better to assume, you know, ... and it’s turned out alright, hasn’t it? Tony loves you so much. We both wanted a girl and a boy anyway, and you’ve had a good upbringing haven’t you?”“Yes I have. Yesterday when she came home from your house, she seemed to be in a daze, walking on cloud nine. I don't know what you did to my little girl, but from all indications, I'd say that she's in love. I strongly suspect it's with you. I wanted to talk with you and see how you feel about this situation."I sat there sipping my coffee for a while, composing my thoughts, took a deep breath, and started out. "Virginia, as you undoubtedly know your daughter's a precious angel who deserves to be. .. which was boring as hell for me, but they seemed to have a good time. Because of our sleep schedules, we'd be up all night and it wasn't uncommon for someone to crash on a couch. His three closest friends were Billy, Jose, and 'Squat'... I'm not sure what Squat's real name was, but that was what he was referred to... I think it had something to do with being shorter and fat, but I really don't know. All of his friends were nice toward me, and we got along well. They never said anything.