. dance with you and care about you and who would look at you like you are the only girl in the world. It's not right that you never got that. You rea...lly should have, Kells.” His voice was soft and apologetic.“Jack, it's fine. I never would have wanted to date any of those guys anyway. I was much better off without one of them as a boyfriend.”“I've never had a girlfriend.”“Bullshit!”“Seriously. And I know what you're going to say. That one, what's her face, from a few years before I left, but. I washed the dishes as the two ‘torturous shoppers’ departed, and as I performed my task Garrick stood chatting to me.“So, you’re gay… right?” he asked.“Yeah,” I replied unflustered.“I believe your folks are cool with it?” he inquired.“Sure,” I replied nonchalantly.“You’re lucky,” he said, before continuing, “my older brother is gay, and two years ago when he came out my dad had a shit-fit. Dad still won’t talk to him.”“Do you and your brother look alike?” I asked.“Nah, I’m the ugly one,” he. She worked in a rough part of town and was a do-gooder. I knew she didn't gouge her clients, but I also knew that whatever I charged her would be passed on to the client. I have a little do-gooder in me, too, though I try hard to control that impulse.Melody welcomed me and then laughed when I told her what my newest job entailed. She stopped laughing when I told her some of how things had gone thus far. It was easier telling her what a wimp I had been, since another woman already knew. Odd how. "For me - well, I guess I like playing with his mind since he cheated on me first chance he got, even sooner than I cheated on him." So for you," Mary said with a sharp laugh, "it's all about revenge? You want to make him think that he's the father of your baby because he cheated on you before you cheated on him." Yeah," Beth admitted, "I guess it sounds pretty silly when you think about it that way." Maybe," Mary said with a mischievous smile, "but I think Jake deserves everything we're doing.