In fact, don’t invite anyone period.”“I won’t,” said Shawn.“Next, if I’m gonna coach you, then I’m gonna be rough on you. Be prepared....�� The boy nodded timidly. “Good. You’re sleeping in my room. On the floor, not on the bed. I can lend you a straw mat. You’ll sleep on that.”Jake began coaching Shawn late in the evening. There was a study table in his room with a computer chair. They began with Logical Reasoning. Shawn was given two hours to work on four pages of previous year questions. The boy. "So did I.Kevin was on the couch in front of the idiot box when I walked in. "Hi, Kev. How goes it?" Oh, okay, I guess." How's school going? Meeting anybody interesting?" Nah." Nobody special? Not even any girls?" I hated to lead him like this, but I wasn't ready to just come out and accuse him of anything."Nah, nobody." Funny, I heard you've been pretty busy."He turned to look at me. "What do you mean by that?" Kev, I heard you've been going through a lot of girls over there." Yeah, so?" But. The apartment had two bedrooms but only one bathroom. We had to take turns and “learn to put the fucking seat down on the toilet, Kyle!”But the worst thing was sex.I mean it was the best thing, too. But the shared bath and both closets were between our rooms. We no longer shared a common wall and that meant we could no longer hear each other.“What’s wrong, honey?” Aubrey said as she sat beside me on our little living room sofa. “You look really sad. Didn’t you get off last night?” I shook my. At the end of her routine, I was straight on my feet applauding. The rest of the audience needed little encouragement to do the same. Jen was positively glowing when she bounced down the steps from the stage and into my arms. "That was brilliant," I said as we hugged. "Thanks Kat. That felt so good. You've given me a real energy. I hope the judges saw that too?" "I'm sure they did. Even if they didn't, your new biggest fan thinks you're amazing," I replied, gazing at her as we finally broke our.