”I stopped dead in my tracks, scared to death of what was to follow. Amazingly I wasn’t physically afraid, I was more afraid of someone finding ou...t what I looked like. “Don’t worry Steve, or Stevie, what is your girl name? We aren’t going to tell Alice anything, at least not at the moment.”The “not at the moment” sent shivers down my spine. “Come sit down. We need to talk.”I followed the order completely.“See I know what this would do to your marriage, and you do to, so I think we have a. Home.Before today, home had been an efficiency apartment. Two rooms with acloset sized bathroom and those little apartment sized appliances. Now,home meant a beautiful home on the beach and real appliances with abathroom almost as big as my old apartment had been! It meant a new carand a whole wardrobe full of expensive and gorgeous clothes that fit meas if they had been tailored for me. It meant a place where I couldhave friends over, have parties, bring a date back to and not feelashamed of. ‘Yeah, I was thinking the same.’ Kylie and Saira piped in. ‘Wait, you’re that guy from the club,’ Eloise said almost jumping up in her seat. ‘Surely you recognise him, Nayana.’ I was absolutely mortified, there I was trying to blend into the background and not draw any attention to myself and suddenly everyone at the table was staring at me. I finally looked up at him. ‘Err, hi Max.’ I said awkwardly. He nodded, ‘Hello. It’s been a while.’ ‘Yes, yes it has.’ I was back to staring at the table. "Do you think I've been straight with thee lad?" More than straight sir, you've both been very kind" Yes well cut the bloody sir out ok?" Yes sir, I mean Jack" Are you and Sarah, your mother, er well are you, oh bloody hell you know what I'm on about?" he stared at me coldly and I nodded,"We never intended it Jack, we really didn't" If I thought you had lad, I'd kick your bloody arse out of here right now"He sat back and loaded his pipe with that lethal tobacco,"What do you think about sending.