Do you want to do the honours?"William kept up the mock-politeness, the self-satisfied note in his voice making Emma want to punch him in the nose. "S...e's your slut – you take the first one, at least." No, my friend; she's our slut now." Emma's eyes flew to James' when he said that, searching for any explanation or sympathy. She found none, and felt James' hand strike her hard on the cheek. She lowered her eyes again, this time to hide the tears that were starting to form. She blinked them away. Now me, I feel that it would be ok, she could cover the evening shift, we are always being asked and the good lady gets so tired nowadays and it`s not like she doesn’t know her way round, Tina`s been blowing me since she was, well to save embarrassment let`s just say, a while, her mother showed her how to do it properly on a carrot, years ago, as part of her sex education, mother felt if she was doing that and not opening her legs, it might just save a pregnancy at school. I didn’t think Sam. Megan was still there. The last few days had shown me just how much ofMegan there was in my everyday life. Other people could see her too. Butit felt different to me, and I didn't like it."Come home right after school," Dad was telling me over breakfast. "Weneed to be at the studio by about 3:45."I nodded, finished my breakfast, and headed out the door to meet Emily."How was last night?" she asked while we walked towards Ethan's house. "It was fun," I told her truthfully. "But I really missed. Not that I ever thought the plan would work anyway.In January I had to attend some meetings in Seattle and I decided to take Pam with me. Rhonda greeted that with a raised eyebrow and to defuse the situation I said, "Why don't you come along too. You've never seen that part of the country" knowing full well that she would say no since she never goes on trips with me."I'd love to" she said, "What should I pack?"I told Pam about it next day and her response was pretty much what I expected,.