"He nodded. "I'm out, I guess." He said softly, looking down."Hey!" I snapped. "Brandy! Grow uh pair. If you uh fag, be uh fag. Just be uh man 'bout i...." But even while snapping at him, I couldn't hide the grin and anyway, he knew me well enough to know what I meant.He blushed, rolled his eyes and looked at me. "Yes, I'm gay. I don't make public announcements but, I ain't exactly hidin' the fact that I don't date girls." He looked back at Sheila. "That what you wanted?"She frowned. "Not really.. ”“Good. My name is David Evans. You were born 16th May, I was born 6th May. We were both registered in Shrewsbury.”“So this is about a mix-up?”“Exactly. I think the first thing to tell you is that you have a sister.”“No! Really? Older, younger?”“Three years younger. She was adopted as well, and is now Helen Metcalfe. Anyway, we started going out, and we hit it off really well, almost knew what each other was thinking, and we lived together more or less for over a year. Then we got engaged and. Assures Oestara. “If she is truly worthy of your love, no harm will befall her.”Doug feels his despair leave him at the sound of her voice. His beaten, bloodless, battered body seems to gain renewed vigour, just from the being near those now standing with him. He turns his head upwards to see the speaker. The sight of her reassures him. There is no golden glow around her, no aura, none of the rumoured signs of otherworld entities, but her presence brings him comfort, security, he feels safe. " Needless to say that Lisa was with child.Mark spoke up and smiled, "Damn guys, you ruined my surprise. Linda is pregnant with our third child. She's around two months gone also. I think it was the all night fuck fest that she and I had." He looked at me and smiled. Even Dan didn't know about that. It was a secret between Mark, Linda and me. Of course I'm sure Linda told Lisa, because they kept no secrets from each other.I kept my distance from the women even more now. There was a good chance.