She asked what I wanted so I had to shout through the door. She hesitated a bit then agreed. Mary's door opened and she said "I want to go."I went bac... and told Jill who wanted to go."Boy, I don't know if there's room in Dad's car for everyone. With Wanda there will be three of us. Four of you makes seven. There are two seats up front so that means five people will need to sit in the back." You can always sit on my lap. We can give it a shot. If it's too crowded, some of us can go in Mom's. You’ve been home from college for the summer for about a month and I’m that time Molly has been sunbathing in her bikini in the back yard, and in general cavorting around in thin summer clothes, midriff revealing camisoles and shoulder revealing sundresses.What happened tonight? Mom went out to meet some friends, you and Molly split a bottle of wine and got to talking. She mentioned that her boyfriend just dumped her, you told her how gorgeous she was and one thing led to another.Now you cup. Thedaughter, who was in her mid-teens was looking at Kelly very closely.Then she whispered to her mother, who looked very closely as well."Oh, God." Kelly whispered"What?" asked Ericka as she dug the food vouchers out of her purse.Kelly turned his head away from the mother and daughter and whisperedto Ericka, "They know. Those people across from us. They know I'm aguy. I can tell by the way they're whispering about me."Ericka's defense mechanisms all kicked in at once as she defiantlyraised her. Did this have to do with her phone conversation? Was she meeting someone and, God forbid, hiding it from him?"Jesus, man. Paranoid much?" He got out of the car, annoyed with himself. He had no reason to think anything like that. If Sylvia had any secrets, it probably involved cheating on a test in high school, or maybe spilling a drink on her prom dress.In the apartment, he changed and dug out the leftovers. He flipped on the TV as they warmed in the microwave, then ate as he watched sports.