Or something. In any case I had been shielding my family from the street people.But Birdy’s murder ... well, something inside me shifted. She now fe...t closer to family than street.In addition to Cathy, the honored guests who were able to attend were:Buster Fagin and his mate, BJ Kowalski.Tony Gonzales, that handsome fat man who is always making moves on women. It had shocked me that my mother had an affair with him. But I got over it -- she’s human.Joey Viagra. I prepared Vanessa and the kids. "Ares eyes were as big as saucers when Ephus brought out these points."She herself gave me the bond that I had on her 'til you interfered and broke them. Not to worry, she will soon be mine again." Ares snidely statedThis time a look of anger dominated Ephus features. "I highly doubt that, as I said we are surrounded by a death ring. You know what that means?" Ares slowly shook his head no. "Ah! Well allow me to explain. It means this is between the two of us, no one in, no one out."A large. " Well, I appreciate it. I've been meaning to do this sometime anyway. You know, for research."Cindy snorted at this, and then motioned towards the phone.I said "Desire, do you mind if I put you on speaker?" Not at all, honey, not at all. You're going to want to have both hands free."I punched the button and set the handset down. "Can you hear me OK?" Loud and clear. So what's your pleasure, DG?" Um, I don't know. What are my options?" I try to be a full service phone slut," she said with a. "Louise is his third wife -- and he never got around to divorcing the other two!" No, he's about to leave her -- for a guy!" I screamed."All right, all right, that's enough," Tad said. "Whatever Louise tells you tomorrow, it won't be as bad as any of those. Now let's relax and see what's on TV."Thursday at lunch, Louise had apparently had time to prepare her little spiel. "Please don't -- ahh -- be too judgmental about this," she said as a preamble. "It's not as bad as it might sound to you, at.