After all, I know I’d never have forgiven myself if in a moment of weakness I’d cheated on Pete with Francis. After everything that happened with ...randon, it would have crushed him and broken his heart.”Sitting eight thousand miles away listening to this type of conversation – as your wife and her best friend talk about your marriage – must be one of the weirdest and most disorientating things in the world. I felt like an observer at my own funeral. Looking down from the rafters as someone gave. ”“Jordan came in a couple of days ago,” she said. “She was worried about you because you’re investigating the Lockdown.” She picked up the mirror from the counter and checked her makeup. It was perfect and she must have thought so too because she put the mirror down again. “She wanted me to teach you how to defend against Magical attacks.”I frowned. “You didn’t attack me. You tried to seduce me.”She smiled. “You think too much like a man. I’m not going to get you to drop your guard and then. ”“That sounds ... interesting,” I said.“No. No, no, no,” Stacy said, pulling away. I noticed that she glowed with a golden tan she’d never even cared to have before. “The plan tonight is you, me, Sara and Alyssa. If she doesn’t know I’m her daughter, then this could be an epic evening.”“And you’re not going to need therapy after that?” I asked seriously.“Shit, dad. This is therapy,” Stacy replied. “You and I have spent the last several years hating mom. Well, she’s in a different place now, so. The only possible downfall, (if you could call it a downfall) to her being an excellent purveyor and trainer of depraved sexual encounters, is that she must be involved, participation is her middle name. so maybe not a good teacher! OK to the story…. 08:52 am, Kirsty came through the door, and gave me a twirl. Her face looked flushed, however she flung her coat across the room on to the cupboard and displayed her new work uniform looking very proud. I looked her up and down, “would be rude not.