Jeff chuckled, “After that no-good sonofabitch left town, I stepped in and her mother and I became a couple.”It was with every fiber of my being t...at I didn’t reach across the table and punch Jeff’s lights out, with him talking about Jennie Lee’s mother like that.But, I did keep my emotions in check and the next night, at the Commissioners meeting I was very lucky that nothing too controversial was on the docket, so I did indeed vote with Jeff on everything.The next time Jennie Lee came over I. I get out of the car and head up to the apartment. It’s freezing outside, and all I have is my thin sweatshirt and yoga pants. I didn’t grab new panties and can feel the cold on my crotch. I look at the rundown building and filthy street June lives on, and all I can feel is shame. How did it get this far? How did I let this happen? Carl is gone. Jace is gone. Maria is probably gone, too. What do I do if June’s nipples are pierced? I have nowhere to go. I could find a hotel, I guess. I’ll figure. Restless in bed. Daily routines running through my head. She feels I'm being distant. She thinks I don't want her, and that she has had enough of being second best. But that's not true. I love her so much, and my greatest pleasure, is her pleasure. I want her to know that so bad. I tryed to gentely wake her, but with no success. She looks so beautiful lying there peaceful, but I want her so bad. If she only knew how bad. I guess I should show her more often. I can't help myself but to touch. . "You went as the fairy godmother,right? And dad went as a footman? Given the name you selected for me,obviously, I was supposed to be Cinderella. Now we have a Prince searchingthe land for the girl that lost an earring? Doesn't that sound a bit toomuch like a fairy tale? You didn't set this all up did you? What I meanis, Cindy doesn't actually exist, so how can he find her...me?" He can't, unless we tell him where to look, can he?" But that would mean..." That you would have to keep on being.