I’d seen him forever, just about as long as I’d known everyone else. We exchanged the mandatory hugs, but nothing more. I was aware of him on the ...outskirts, a regular guy, witty, kind. Then, in an instant our lives touched. I needed an ear, so I grabbed the closest familiar face I could find. Damn, how lucky am I that it was he. The switch from proverbial shoulder to cry on to lover seemed fluid. It was just a natural occurrence. A mutual need. He sparked my interest, dancing around me, weaving. I needed a strapless bra for that one. ButMom?" I'm listening, Tammy." Every time I took a gown off, I looked like a boy again. It wasvery disappointing. Because girls are round in all sorts of placeswhere boys aren't. I mean, Cherisse has this rear end, forexample, it's shaped like two cute little pillows, and her bodice,her bosom I mean, her chest has these ... I mean, they don't sag,her mammaries -- is that what you call them? The things you use tofeed babies? That's what they called. ” Player thumped his desk with a meaty fist at every ‘no’. Inkpots and quills flew into the air, tumblers shivered and rattled together, even the decanter, which I noticed was now empty, slid dangerously close to the edge of the desk.“In that case there is nothing more to discuss,” I said. “You can find someone else to lead your expedition. Good day to you.” I stood up from the chair and made my way to the door.Player was so astonished at my response he gobbled like a turkey cock before finally. “Very resourceful.”There’s a pause and Olivia doesn’t say anything else.“Did you need something?” I finally ask, not able to handle the silence.“You didn’t tell me last time I was in town just how much we have in common,” she says.If my stomach dropped to the floor earlier upon seeing her number on my phone, now it’s in the parking garage. The thing I had most feared for the past two weeks has come true— Olivia knows about my relationship with Lauren. She doesn’t sound mad, but I also know that.