"Not really. Your hair's black. Mine's brown."I looked more carefully at Lily's hair. It was dark brown, almost black. "What color hair does your sist...er Ella have?" Brown. Like mine." Are you sure? The last time I saw her she had blonde hair." She dyed it."Lily and I finally ended up at the front of the line. She got a sausage roll and a bottle of orange juice while I got a meat pie as well as a bottle of orange juice. In the school hall there were quite a few students hanging around because. To keep myself busy I didall the tourist things I had not done in term time. The museums, theCathedral and I even went shopping in an attempt to cheer myself up onthe second Saturday she was away. As Bee had left me her car keys andthe documents I decided to take a run over to Metrocentre in Gatesheadand once I was there it was only a matter of time before I decided tobite the bullet and buy myself some more female clothes.In the past I had only shopped on line and it was pretty scary thefirst. "Curtain Rods" aka "Best Divorce Story Ever"She spent the first day packing her belongings into boxes, crates and suitcases. On the second day, she had the movers come and collect her things.On the third day, she sat down for the last time at their beautiful dining room table by candle-light, put on some soft background music, and feasted on a pound of shrimp, a jar of caviar, and a bottle of spring-water.When she had finished, she went into each and every room and deposited a few half-eaten. Near nudity is common. The men wear mostly athletic shorts and t-shirts. We’re at my house tonight and I have the pool fired up, so most likely we’ll skinny dip after dinner. People may wear swimwear, but that will get dispensed with after dinner unless you guys hang around and object in some way. That activity provides a nice segue to the group lovemaking that happens later in the evening.”Jack said, “We’ll be there, appropriately dressed, and play the rest by ear.” He grinned.A few hours.
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