I'm going to be a grandma!" Wow! I never even thought about that. If Mom and Dad were grandparents, then Anna was, too, even if she wasn't related by ...blood. Our baby was going to have so much loving!"How did you know?" Doreen asked."Oh, honey. You just glow. And Brian is hovering over you like a mother hen. Brian, get the martini makings ready. I think your parents are going to need a cocktail tonight. And if you want to make the announcement before they guess, you'd better do it as soon as we. "The cabin is yours. I asked them to keep it up and let you have a little home of your own." This part's about you," she said, smiling."I haven't got many friends. I've never been the friendly sort. But I know this town's pretty limited and, face it, kind of bleak, but I love it here. I can't predict if you'll share my opinion when you get older and become fearsome like I know you will. I left a stack of letters. Read them. Joe Solomon's a good man. A bit of a slave to ambition, but. Unsure if it comes from my c***dhood love for The Beach Boys or maybe it's my love for Sublime. Or perhaps, I'm just a hopeless dreamer and I figure California is a good place to get discovered. In any case, when I lost my job in the factory, at the hands of a jealous power-tripping cunt, I knew it was time for a big change of scenery. I spent the rest of my money on a one way ticket to Long Beach, where I would start to build a new life for myself. When I landed in Long Beach, with just a. “You mean you’d be OK with me having sex with someone else besides yourself?” Danny asked. “As long as I know who it is and approved,” I responded. “I am not a swinger,” Danny quickly responded. “Neither am I,” I replied. “I’m just grasping for straws, something to spice things up a bit.” Danny didn’t say anything in response. I figured the subject matter was dead until several hours later, as we were working together in the backyard cleaning out flower beds, she asked. “So who want to have.