Norma knew the whole story. Pace just didn’t have enough riders for some of their routes. They were bringing in enough profit to justify keeping som...e of them. Drivers got laid off. She had only been at the job for nine months, so she didn’t have the seniority to survive. Norma put a hand on Roger’s shoulder. ‘Just stop talking Roger. It’s not your fault.’ She took the slip from his hand. ‘Say hello to Judith and your girls for me. Tell her I really appreciated that cake she baked for my. Promise me!”She promised, then departed for Incestia. Avan didn’t return to Incestia immediately because Verity was worried. “What if...What if we’re missing something?” she asked. “What if we do all of this and the officials say it isn’t enough or they say it’s not real or it doesn’t count because Caci is a boy or it was only in a mouth instead of...well, instead of...?”“Sit down and I’ll read something to you,” Avan replied. “I got this from friends in high places in Incestia. This is a. Every Sunday morning at approximately nine o’clock, herparents called. She’d tried mentioning that lots of couples nowadays were livingtogether but she always got the same reaction.“At least we don’t have to worry about you doing something sinful like that!” hermother had exploded. “I’d never rest easy if I thought you were running around withpeople like that, Crystal. And I know your father would hit the roof. You know howwe’ve always told you to be a good girl.”Crystal desperately wished that. I kept at it aslong as I could but Bill was done. Guess I was too.The hotel thing with Bill happened two more times in as many weeks. Westill get together but not as often. It's a lot of fun, and thrilling, Ifeel like a hooker or a call girl. The last time we met I definitely feltlike a call girl because I left work at 10 am, went to the hotel and gotready. I was back at work by 1 pm with a well fucked attitude, andconstantly checking in the mirror for any makeup I might have missed.What a.