Melissawas really house proud, she kept it looking good." Did she iron your pants?" Lora asked, innocently."Everything had its place," I said with a s...gh.Quiet fell on the three of us, until Mrs Singh clapped her hands -startling us. "Shall we go in?" We're just going to walk in?" I said."The postman's been in there a while," said Lora."Special delivery?" said Mrs Singh, with raised eyebrows.The last time I'd walked up this path, alongside her gleaming car, hadbeen with a police escort to pick. I was hell bent on destroying every man unlucky enough to cross my path. By then, I had changed my name. No longer was I sweet little Xiara Bellafeast, but I was now legally and locally known as Shayla Turpin. I changed my name to forget my past. I changed my name to forget him. I changed my name to mark a new era in my life. The era in which no man could have my heart. I was a man-eater. I stayed in that same little apartment where all my memories lay. I don’t know why, but I couldn’t bring. 'Go Vikings!'" I added with a snort."Who the fuck are you?" I'm Brendan Fucking Cooper, you whore." Brendan Coop—You're Steve Cooper's little brother!"Steve is my older brother, three years older, actually, and just the type of jock that Carla dated. They never did, to my knowledge, but they traveled in the same social circles way back when. "Yep, Steve Cooper's little brother. Who you just sucked off." Ohmygod! She said, hiding her mouth with her hand. "Ohmygod, I'm so embarrassed!" You. “Thank god the recall election is this Friday. I cannot pay that tax. My ballot is in the mail. Sent it this morning.”“Me, too,” I said, smiling. After I made the changes, the ballots for my wife and I were sitting on our counter, ready to go into the mailbox already filled out. Of course, Linda and I both voted for the recall.I loved seeing the changes I created to the world. It was a rush. It was addicted. I started to understand why God created things. To witness it play out, to see how it.