It was later that evening that I found out how I was responsible and it shook me to the very core. My friend was telling me an anecdote he had heard f...om his son who had got it from another boy, it was all about a boy who spent his time getting beaten up leaping to the defence of a mother who, by all accounts, didn't even know he existed."Seems the boys mother is a bit of a slag," my friend laughed, "I think she is supposed to have slept with most of the fathers of the boys at this school and. .. and how! But now you've got me worried, Julie, Love! We're a lot alike, you an' me ... suppose I go off it, too, when I get pregnant!" ... I hear you can go the other way, too," said Julie, " ... your hormones can make you extra horny when you're pregnant!" Ooh ... I hope so!" Jo replied. They both laughed, then carried the tea through to John.After a while Daniel could be heard upstairs, so Julie went to fetch him. Jo had only seen photos since they had left, not long after his birth. He. I'm going to get him." Yes Mistress."William flipped a few switches on the dashboard of the extravagant vehicle and as Jeanne emerged from the side, the windows began to fully tint and small shields slid over the front and rear license plates, concealing them.Jeanne sauntered across the street, her nose turned up at the seedy lower-middle class neighborhood. Her red, high heeled boots clacked on the pavement as her white scarf flowed in the cool breeze. She approached the shady looking building. I didn't believe she was right about what she was telling me though.I didn't want to spend a lifetime running through fifty or more short term relationships. I wanted forty or fifty years with the same someone, a whole lifetime shared together. I tried to smile for her, and I did manage to shake my head like I'd be thinking about what she told me, but I knew what she was suggesting wouldn't be enough for me.One of the worst things about coming back to work, was the way Joyce was now treating.