We guys hear, 'I'm still way into this dude, but yeah, you're, uh, pretty OK.' This is one of my #1 dating peeves! When the girl says she's still 'rea...ly good friends' with her ex, she might as well be announcing to everyone that she'd still fuck him ... if she isn't already. And if she isn't now, she will the first time you piss her off. No second date.It's just courtesy. Don't talk about your ex or your boy-toys and I won't discuss my swinger date, or the amateur pornographer, or my parties. "So don't try and sweet talk me now." She paused, her chest heaving with emotion. "What did your mother say?"Donald laughed. "She said he'd better watch out, that was all. She doesn't care. She's too busy makin' out with her own boyfriends. She fucks around quite a bit."Suzanne gasped. "In your house? With you boys there?" Sure. What's wrong with that?" Well, if you don't know, there's no sense telling you," said Suzanne, pushing past him. "Goodbye, Donald, and don't try to follow me. I never. ” I said, looking back at the impatient matriarchs, “The sooner I dump this baggage, the better.” We walked across the drawbridge, and through a procession of guards. I recognized a few Terdini among them, but they would not meet my gaze. They stared straight ahead in stoic soldiery. Dad sure as shit hadn’t taught them that. We strolled through a gate I had personally built a fortnight ago, and into the castle. I stopped in my tracks. Upon the steps leading to the Black Throne, were eight. " The store is good," I said. "Someone needs to stay with the boat." You have 'this feeling'?" mom asked."Trust those feelings ... they're usually right."Mom left and was gone ... and came back with big bags and a driver. He unloaded and left.I hadn't gone back aboard since the Coasties left. We carried ... and looked ... carried and looked. The interior was truly messy but nothing looked ... damaged.The first thing she did was hand me a book. It was about 700 pages thick. Bound in nice.