Dan looked like he had aged twenty years in the nine months since I had last seen him and he was only half the man that I knew as Dan Longren."How's i... going kid? Are those cheerleaders taking good care of you?"Dan's wife, Abby, walked into the office and began to pat me on the arm. She had always worked in the office on the books. She's the one that kept the company solvent. She made sure that they got paid on time and that the bonuses were paid to all of the men.Abby would stand toe to toe. Who knew which kind of thing would come out from that. It was a battle between pride and lust, friends and rivals, all trying to make him convinced that their path was the best to walk on.“You know that I love you so much, Billie. You are the brightest thing I ever saw in my life, I would not at any point break your heart or do anything to disappoint you. A part of me doesn’t want that but the other part says I have to do it…”“And which side you will listen?”Maybe Ramon wasn’t listening any. He gets so worked up on my date nights. It's kind of cute. I have him prepare my bath, select my outfits, help me get dressed. Then he babysits the boys all night while Richard and I, or one of my other boyfriends, have wild, torrid sex. Once you train them properly, it is a wonderful life for us girls. And they love it too." "It's funny you say that. I did have one short fling back in Barcelona with a man, well really with a boy. It only lasted one weekend, but I had Oscar bathe me, shave me. She wants to talk to you.”“Uh oh,” Moe chuckled.“Uhm...” Liang reacted.“Don’t worry,” said Cheryl. “I know you’re attracted to her. She knows it too. Let’s just say she’s a lot older than she looks.”“I thought she looks older,” said Joe.“You know what I mean.”“I do,” Joe chuckled and winked.“How old is she?” Liang asked.“Fifteen,” they all said.“But...”“You’ll see,” Moe chuckled.Cheryl and Joe greeted Essie outside her door with a kiss. She’d gotten rid of her warm up pants.“I thought... , “.