Apparently, she’s on the lookout for nine cheap houses.” She focused her stare and folded her arms. “You wouldn’t know anything about that, wo...ld you?”“You already know the answer, Diana.” Maddi’s heart pounded, but she fought against the reflex to clutch her heart. She knew her sister could smell her fear. “I told her about the girls, but nothing else.”Diana shifted her eyes over Maddi’s frail stature and smirked. “I bet it felt good to tell someone, huh?” She asked in a cordial whisper. Maddi. "You are setting me up with your lover boy?" said a still incredulous Mandy."Yes, but I expect to join in when I come back," chuckled Gaby."You dirty slag, you want a threesome," laughed Mandy."Yes, should be fun, don't you think?" giggled Gaby."Well yeah, but I can't get my head around you offering me your lover," replied Mandy."Well if you do not want his huge cock between your legs, then say so," said Gaby in mock indignation."Shit, no, I do, I do; just surprised, that's all," said Mandy,. We were not so adept, so were forced to make up names to use as a sort of shorthand that we used when we spoke of them amongst ourselves. The elder Hurlon who was assigned the duty of being our liaison we called 'Socrates'.Socrates asked us, shortly after we had met him, if we were from another one of the worlds in the sky, or if we were from 'another eddy in the currents of the world'.How many times now, had our self-assured assumptions crumbled around us when we were forced to realize that. . not that long ago, just yesterday. It was a lot to absorb and it was a good thing that Margie drove them right then. They were still in shock, but moments of pure grief hit them often enough that they were in no emotional state to drive at all.Margie resolved for the interim to be their driver, their chauffeur, whatever they wanted to call her, as part of her self-appointed “auntie” role to help console them. They needed her far too much for her to stop anytime soon ... besides, this was a.