More customers pulled him away from potential paranoia, funnelled to himby an amused Mike. Mike, the man who had unhelpfully made Tina very awareof hi...s little twitches and habits. Aware, verging on insecure, he lickedcoffee from his bottom lip, noting one boy's reaction: the subtlewidening of his eyes, the polite coffee, a shift of weight from one footto the other. All that from an almost innocent lick of the lips!Something Tina had done when she... he! was a boy anyway. Frightening,really.And. I love you both, but...”“But he stole your heart. He's your soulmate.” Marissa drew in a deep breath. “I get that. He's a great guy. He was always willing to share you. I guess he knew you'd always come back to him.”“Always,” I whispered. Even in the previous life, I couldn't remember, when I would go to Marissa behind his back, I would return to him. “Well, I like your husband. I think...” She smiled. “I think this will work out. The three of us will be happy. He's going to get bigamy. She bugged me about how my studies were going. I shrugged off the question with the usual 'fine'"So what are we looking to buy at the furniture store, mom" I inquired."Well I was thinking it was about time we did up the family room. I've been saving for a few months and have enough money for a couple of new sofas and a beautiful persian rug I've had my eye on" Sounds great, I'd love to come" I bet you would" Mom smiled as she quickly flicked her tongue across the end of last slice of pizza she. Your hair fall great naturally, but you can style it if youwant. Well, I declare you fit enough to walk out of my store." Theyfinished up at the salon and made their way to the mall. In the mall they did a little of light shopping (only 7 bags) and hadsome lunch. They decided to go get what they wanted from the differentbooths. Ariel decided on burger king. She got a few stares when sheordered a triple bacon cheeseburger in a super-sized meal. "AlrightAriel, what do you want for your birthday.