She seemed to like it.His father smiled. He walked across the room. It was the way AuntSarah walked, on his tiptoes with his hips swaying. Billy's mou...h wasopen, and his eyes were wide.This was his father?"Jiggle those boobies, Flower," his mother said in a loud whisper."Let's put some motion in the ocean. Show me what you've got!"His father stuck out his rear. He pursed his red lips and blew a kisstoward his mother. She laughed again and clapped."Jesus, you were made for this," his mother told. Get out!” he this time in a regular, fairly calm voice and he pointed at the door.Jake turned to face Danny.“Come on Daniel” Jake said, “I want you to come home with me, I’m not leaving you here with him!”Danny hesitated, unsure of what he should do. He knew what he wanted to do, he wanted to go with Jake of course, but he knew that if he did, he would risk losing everything he had, apart from Jake of course, but if he left, he knew he would never be allowed back into that house ever again, and. In winter, there is an occasional clanging that rises up the floors and within the walls, perhaps from the pipes that bring the hot water to the radiators. The sound offers me a distraction and I seize upon it. As I place my hand on the radiator in an attempt at naive diagnosis, I can sense you smiling in the darkness, smiling at my confusion. ‘Come back here and make yourself useful. Chop chop!’ Your giggles draw me in and I sit by you at the edge of the bed. ‘A baby!’ I remonstrate,. The mystery of the hunt was solved as Ali hailed a cab and gave the address of a new club that had opened uptown. On the ride, we enjoyed distracting our cabbie with shared kisses that kept him wide eyed until we arrived. “Let the hunt begin, Kat” Ali said as we slid out of the cab “remember – all’s fair in this game” My heart skipped a beat as I considered the possibilities as we entered. The club was just starting to fill and the music fit the early vibe, slower, jazzier. I knew the beat.