" Thanks for the compliment. I suppose you have girls waiting in the wings for you to ask them out. That I have to be envious of." I've had a few date...s but women would get awfully tired of waiting for me to ask them out. The fact is I'm gay. I hope you're not shocked and disgusted by that. I would have misread you by a wide margin if you were."Charlie grinned. "No, I'm not shocked or disgusted. I came to the conclusion a long time ago that people are what they are. I suppose I started thinking. ‘What are you studying?’ ‘I’m getting my associate’s degree in English,’ he said. ‘I’ve been offered a partial scholarship in a teaching program after I graduate.’ Lori giggled softly. ‘I have a hard time picturing you as a teacher,’ she chuckled. ‘I remember you as the bratty kid I used to baby-sit for.’ ‘Was I really that bratty?’ Tim asked. Lori laughed. ‘No, not really. Actually, you were a pretty good kid,’ she said. ‘You didn’t give me half as much trouble as some of the kids I sat for.’. " Well, you can use my office if you'd like, Detective, and I'll have Kyle sent to you." Thank you."The Principal stood up. "Well, I'll see he's fetched."Detective Donnar pulled out his notepad and a tape recorder and put a friendly smile on his face. This was just a simple interview. The only piece of evidence he had connecting Kyle to the crimes was the license plate to his missing car. It was definitely incriminating, but it wasn't enough. A good lawyer would just argue his car was stolen,. I gave the water heater time to recover before I took my turn.When I got out, the two of them were on the sofa. "The tea's steeping on the counter, baby," Tina said.Very pleasant, sitting there in the evening with the TV on, sipping tea with the two females I loved most in life."Daddy," Terri said, "Is it okay if Tina an' Susan take me to get my hair cut tomorrow after school? I want it like Tina's." Makes sense, babe," Tina said to me. "Easier to care for. And she'll be a cutie, still."I.