"I still can't believethat the stupid Medallion swapped us. Boy, did she freak out that morningwaking up in my bed and in my little boy body. But I ke...pt my cool as youtold me to do and pretended she was having a bad dream and nothing hadchanged. Over time she's come to accept it with no more doubts orquestions." Well, after all, 'Laura', everyone knows swapping bodies is impossible.Your mother was always very logical, so logically if she was in your bodyshe must be you." Also, the stupid shrink. I had been married for a long time. Dealing with a depressing situation. A wife who obviously didn't give a shit. And living in a house with a stepdaughter who had grown increasingly sexy as she'd gotten older. She was flirting more. She was teasing on occasion. And I always just laughed it off. I mean, I'm not a bad looking dude. I'm funny, laid-back, and easy to get along with. I've had a pretty good life. But for a sixteen year old to flirt with me and actually mean something? Nah. I just. "Good," she said smoothly with a smile, as she leaned into Evan. "Haveyou ever bought a wig before?" she asked with genuine curiosity."No," he answered, trying to not get too distracted by her suddenflirtatious behavior.Evan still couldn't figure her out. Cool and in control, oneminute...and then sweet and flirty, the next."I thought about it....you know, around Halloween," he went on. "But Ijust never...." He let the sentence drop, not really sure what else tosay.It was true that he had. Instead she used the glass window as a backrest, her elbows resting on her knees and her fingers turning the mug around to keep her fingers moving. She had always had problems keeping her fingers still, it drove her crazy to just sit or lie without moving.The coffee tasted especially great, probably because it was one of the decent but cheap blends that the city’s rich and poor scoffed at equally in their mutual ignorance.For a moment Laura wondered why virtually nobody moved out here and.