XxTomGrrl99xX: ummm...XxTomGrrl99xX: wowCarMAN2u nodsCarMAN2u: Kind of took me by surprise too.XxTomGrrl99xX: So, your brother is your sister now?CarM...N2u: Yeah. That's pretty much why I've been gone for so long.XxTomGrrl99xX: I can see why. How have you been coping?CarMAN2u: Ok I guess. Wasnt doing too good first few weeks after I foundout. Pretty much ignored him.CarMAN2u: I mean herXxTomGrrl99xX: Hope you don't take this the wrong way, but that was apretty crappy thing to do.CarMAN2u hangs. "What the fuck is wrong with you?" he demanded, raising his head to stare down at her as if he truly did not understand her anguish. Incredulous, Lily closed her eyes and looked away. She hadn't wanted to give him the satisfaction of seeing more tears, but now here she was, sobbing, and even being ashamed for it. He grabbed her cheek and yanked her head back towards him, but she screwed her eyes shut tighter."Fucking look at me!" he spat, jerking her head back and forth when she refused to do. He attempted to enlist my services as a cook. This was something so beyond my ability as to be mind-boggling. I was not to learn the difference between a pot and a pan for 350 years, and only then mastered that art when my darling Mike casually mentioned he had found a loophole in church law that allowed for annulment in cases where the wife attempted to poison her husband. I had contracted to have a special wagon built for me. I had remembered Susanna telling me of the wagons her Gypsy tribe. “I'm sorry if I'm getting too personal, but... are you into guys?”The question caught me completely off guard. It took me a few seconds and a large gulp of my own drink before I could answer. “No, why do you ask?”I have no idea why I lied.“Again, sorry—just curious. You just seem so cool with everything going on today I couldn't help but wonder a little.”“Nope!” I replied as unconvincingly as I probably could have.Nick chuckled some, threw the rest of his drink into the fire pit, and then stood.