Jake says: Hey kid, how is my #2 girl? I tell him I'm not #2, I'm the #1 girl and mom is #2. He is laughing. Hey I mean it! Mom is laughing. Jeez. I s...ick my tongue out at him. He just laughs some more. – Oh, mom says you won't know pogi ... it means handsome.So anyway ... it happens. Jake helps mom get her annulment from my real father. He comes back to the Philippines again and I get to meet him in person. I even stay with him and mom in a hotel one night. We all sleep in the same bed and I. "What do you think you are doing?"She giggled. "I'm giving my fiancée a kiss and then we will go over the monthly budget figures."I looked her directly in the eyes, and was surprised when she neither looked away, nor appeared ashamed. Instead she looked directly at me and I sighed. "I already told you. I'm still married. And I won't get involved with you. You deserve better."Kristi just laughed. "You'd get a divorce if I told you to," she said. "Your voice is saying "no", but I can feel another. If you bring me the offer I finally accept, then you get paid. If a new Realtor brings me an offer on the same property, then I will pay her. If we end up in court, then so be it. You walk away from me and you walk away from my business period." I get it," she said as she stomped from the Downtown House."Damn maybe I want have to worry about old lovers making comparisons after all," I said to the empty room.It was easy for me just to shut down for a while and charge. I had nothing I wanted to. ’ ‘Before we go, can I do one thing for you?’ Suspicious, he asked, ‘What?’ Hannah pointed at the desk chair. ‘Sit.’ Tom sat down. She moved behind him, and untangled his braid. After fluffing out the strands, she brushed it. When done, Hannah placed her arms around his neck, and whispered in his ear, ‘Now we look like a matched set.’ Minutes later, seated across from one another at the Mountain View Diner, they sipped coffee, while reading the menu. After deciding on the Pancake Special, Tom.