“Hey!” She called me right back.“Hey,” I smiled. I found myself feeling really angry. Zoë gave me a raised eyebrow and I muted the phone as K...a went off and I deep breathed myself cooler.“ ... Laurie was so embarrassed!” She stopped for a breath and I interjected.“We should do something today.” I decided. “Are you practicing with your band?”“Kinda, but I can ditch them. We kinda rock, we don’t need to practice every weekend.” Kia hurried.“Uh, no. Don’t. I was just wondering, you play with Suzi. The women were beautiful and the gowns and bathing suits were something else. They even had a few male models in suits and tuxes. All the attendees, like me, got a small order book in case they wanted to order anything.Ray said the clothes are quite pricey but getting an original from Paris was something most women loved. I didn't have a woman to buy for but Max told Deanne she could purchase any one item. Damn! They made a nice couple. I actually wished I had someone to buy an outfit for.Each. She was now like an organic robot. She was a robot made of flesh-and-blood, not metal.Finally Julia saw him, the person she wanted to avoid. Cyrus stood only three metres away from her. He was a head shorter than she was and whenever she saw him picking on her son she always defended her son and told him to leave her son alone.Cyrus was a cocky smartass tough and sometimes even vulgar and violent kid. He had brown hair, brown-green eyes and resembled that evil kid who bullied Michael in that. He loved to sit up straight and let me rub my hand over the top of his head. That guy loved to be loved, and whenever I moved his skin around, while I petted him, he seemed to love it even more.Benjamin was a lot like me, I realized. He was a good guy, who had a lot of bad things happen to him, and remained a good guy, anyway. I knew he realized I saved him, and his gratitude matched his affection for us. He loved the children and accepted little David Gregory like he'd always been one of.