"Push Play on the DVD player, then read page 2" was all it said.Joyce pushed play then watched horrified, as her last liaison with Matt played out on ...he big-screen television in the living room.Jessica walked past Joyce and said, "Goodbye, mother. I hope you enjoyed your last day with Daddy yesterday. He wanted it to be a perfect memory for you, but you'll never see him or hopefully me again."Joyce looked back at the note from the envelope. She'd originally thought that Matt's mother had sent. I tried to get a job that wouldn't involve so much travel, and you know how that turned out. My current situation is just too lucrative to give up right now," Mike said. "I was the one who wanted to move to Florida, and you did it for me. I know how hard it was for you to leave your loved ones in Chicago. Then to make it even more difficult for you, I'm hardly ever around, and you've had your hands full with Carly and the twins. Except for your friend Becky, all you have are some acquaintances. ”I closed my eyes and controlled my breath."OK, go."I blinked away blinding pain, breathed rhythmically, then a napalm blast erupted and engulfed me, incinerating my masculinity, scorching away the ghosts of my past and my fears for my future. He hammered and kneaded me like a sculptor shaping rough stone into a statue of a goddess. My eyes signaled him onward, and to transport me with him.I’m Jake’s maiden bride; my agony the pangs of my broken hymen. I summoned a tear, and Jake kissed it away. “You have to pretend I’m your slave, okay? If you don’t, then she’ll figure out the summoning spell went wrong and I’ll be sent back to Hell.” She then caught my thoughtful look. “Along with your soul, dummy!”I stopped being thoughtful and nodded.We stepped back into the living room. Demie’s mother had sat down on the couch, but even there, her presence made it seem like she was still standing. “Welcome to Earth!” I said grandly. “Would you like a drink?” At the older demon’s nod, I commanded,.