"I'm not keen on being trapped in the man's den," Mary responded to Marta's invitation."How about a picnic in Lincoln Park?" asked Marta on the phone ...ut looking at Joe who nodded. "You could use a change of scenery." She cupped the phone and whispered. "His brother's here and he's cute." Alright goddamnit, give me an hour. Where do you want to meet?" Let's meet at the zoo entrance." Fine," Mary sneered and hung up.Marta chuckled. "Quite contrary," she sighed."I guess we'll wait on the bagels,". Flashing back into my apartment I sat on the bed, god I was tired, it always took a lot out of me fighting any of the brothers. Then of course there was the fact that I had increased my power, the exercises were trying also. Cloe was sitting on her pallet at the foot of the bed, "finally through screwing your mage whore I see!" She snapped as nasty as she could. "No bitch, unlike you I've been trying to prepare for Cedrick..." I started. "Damn it Tyrome! Don't mention his name like that! The. Then I looked at the man standing on the doorway with a hockey stick in hand. “Jesus, dad! That hurts. It’s going to bruise, you know,” I told my dad with a toothbrush in my mouth. I saw his eyes filled with shock. And then I saw two women flanking him each with a golf club. The one on my dad’s right side was mom; the other was the lady I saw earlier. “You’re not gonna hit me with that, are you?” I asked him, eying the hockey stick. He stayed silent. “I’m gonna take that as a no.” I said. ”I had to smile at that because I wasn’t really certain myself.“I think I am number one but don’t hold me to it.”“Darn it. I forgot my smokes. Do you have one I can bum from you?”I shook one of mine out of the pack and she held my hand with the lighted cigarette in it between her palms like she wanted to keep it steady whilst she lit up.It was a struggle for me to keep my eyes off of her pretty backside and the tight pencil skirt that looked so very tempting.I saw her looking around to make.