”“Couldn’t the same thing happen with Bethany or Kara?” I asked.“Sure, but both of them are quite a bit older than Penny. Kara’s going to ...be twenty-one later this month. Bethany is twenty-two next month, just before you turn twenty-two. Five or six years is a huge gap at our ages.”“Does she think I’m going to ask her to marry me if she decides she can deal with my crazy lifestyle?”“No. She’s fairly confident that you’re going to marry ‘that Bethany girl’,” Jackie laughed.“Care to give odds?” I. I've decided you need to be disciplined."Claire looked surprised. What had she done? She opened her mouth to speak but he put a finger to her lips."Shhh darling this is important. I think you have become spoilt and a brat, you always want your own way, you always want to look pretty and have nice things. Well I'm going to teach you to appreciate me and all I do for you."I do Dad" she interrupted feeling upset at his words."Quite he said forcefully and she quailed at his tone. Was he going to. It would mean a move across the country and putting her own graduation on hold, but Sarah did not hesitate. They settled in Tacoma and before long a son and daughter were sharing their apartment which they both agreed was simply too small. Next came the adventure of house hunting and they had finally found the house here on Lakeland Street where they had lived ever since.Sarah had always intended to go back and finish her degree but somehow the time was never right. Two kids and a husband to. ”“So, so how did you come to get into that?”Billy explained their story to her.“So this is the first time and on your birthday too?”“Well, last night was the first time to be precise.”“You’re an amazing couple?”“I don’t know about that.”“Believe me you are,” she told him. “I have lots of female friends who are cheating on their husbands or partners and I know that they would give anything to be able to have the freedom to do what your wife is doing.”Billy took a sip of his beer.“Is that what.