"Are you open minded Dave?"If they only knew.... actually, they were about to find out.I replied to Matt that I am very open minded.Then, something I ...didn't expect but I was hoping for, Matt slid his hand under my towel and rested it on my thigh. Matt asked me again, "Really open minded Dave?"I know it is super cheesey, and you will laugh at me but I did the whole movie theatre thing where I pretended to yawn and put my arms around both of them. As I reassured them that I was "Very, open. I asked her the time she would like to go out and we were set with 5’o clock. I picked her up on my bike and went to different malls and she did a huge shopping and this stint made us friends and soon we became good friends. I started talking to her daily and soon we were open to each other. She was taking my decision of which dress to wear on special occasions and parties. I always complimented on her dress sense. One day her husband went to some city on business and was expected to return on. Failing that, she hoped that her internal struggle to figure out the reality of that confession would not be apparent to anyone, particularly Sam.Of course, neither worked, no more than did Carly's few attempts to figure out just exactly what she would feel, say and do if Sam's declaration turned out to be true. Carly desperately hoped that it wasn't. She didn't want to lose Sam as her friend but after all, she wasn't gay. She didn't love Sam.Did she?Was she?Several times over the course of. But she isn't."The second made sense to Jacob but the first statement didn't."What do you mean Susan isn't your niece?" he asked."She's not my niece," Marnie stated. "Susan was about 2 or 3 when my brother married her mom. Her dad was thrown from a horse a few weeks after she was born. Susan's mom needed a husband. My brother needed a wife. It was a match made in hell. But my brother isn't Susan's father. Did you notice how we don't look anything alike. That's why. It's another reason I brought.