” She leaned down and kissed me, giggling in her little blonde Russian girl way.“Cheater!” Crystal yelled. But as soon as Manny arrived, Dana br...ught me a couple tamales and fed me part of her relleno. Crystal did, too. “I love you, sir. You know that!” Then she kissed me.“Yes, sweetie, I do know that. One more bite, then I’ll leave you two alone and eat my tamales. Crystal, will you help me turn Momma inside out tonight?” She smiled and nodded enthusiastically. “Dana, I’ll probably want your. "I had been to a dance. I had cheered at a football game. But, I had notattended class as Tasha. I had memories of doing it. I even knew myschedule, which was a bit different than Ryan's. Yet, remembering it andactually doing it were two different things. And, my little girl voicewasn't entirely acting. I really was scared.After a fairly long silence, he said, "I'll pick you up." Really?" Yeah." Thanks. What time?" 7:30." I'll be ready."I hung up the phone.I was shocked how good it felt to know. “I didn’t realize it until Jennifer pointed it out.”“And your heart?” Jessica asked, apprehensively.“Pfft! Who the hell knows?”“That’s always been a complicated issue for Steve,” Kara said. “He loves us unreservedly, but his heart is partitioned. There are the girls he loves because he’s decided to, and the girls he’s in love with, and has been from before he met us.”“Bethany and Kathy,” Jessica said.“You’re missing the most important one,” Kara said.She knew! Holy shit! Kara knew! I shouldn’t. You admitted to several embarrassing episodes and even made appointments to be checked. Is it strange I’d wonder how you are after you suffered a complete breakdown in public?”He stopped, turning to face her once more. “I’m fine. The injuries aren’t serious. They’re mostly scratches, though I had a few deep gashes in the back of my head. I’ve got a couple permanent indentations in my skull from it, thank you very much. And no, there isn’t anything I can say in my defense, except it wasn’t what.