‘Are you going to lick it?’ He was tempted but decided to work her up a notch. ‘Let’s do it when you’ve had a bath after coming home from wo...k tomorrow.’ ‘Ooooh. I look forward to that.’ Mira met her mother for lunch and later phoned Walt, very excited. ‘Mother said I look great and is pleased at the difference you’ve made in me. Daddy had told her I look much better but she said he’d not been accurate enough. She says keep on with the improvements.’ Mira was beside herself when she arrived. The only reason I had come along was to buy a book that had just come out that I had been looking forward to, and we had yet to make our way to the bookstore. As we were eating lunch my irritability with her increased and we ended up arguing over something stupid -- I don't even remember what it was now. The argument ended abruptly with my sudden outburst of frustration. I had crossed a line and both of us knew it, and now she was irrevocably angry. She stood up without saying a word and. “You’ve been with Ted,” she said immediately.Mirriam flushed darkly. “Not Ted,” she said, unable to lie to her friend.Prudence raised an eyebrow.“Their father,” whispered Mirriam, looking from one twin to the other. “It’s complicated.”Prudence laughed, and then winced at the discomfort that caused. She was now sharing two men with this woman.Christy walked into the diner somewhat hesitantly. So much had happened to her in the last month that she wasn’t quite sure who she was anymore. She had. .?And now how those baseboards shone!?Pepper surveyed the dumbstruck Uncle Genesis amusedly. She actually had little interest in Uncle Genesis, but he would prove to be an entertainment for tonight, she thought, though Libby probably didn't agree...?"Pepper, why is this guy here?" Libby now asked, betrayal in her eyes. "My submission is a private thing between us, remember, we agreed on that, and--"Pepper laughed and slapped Libby's face. "Shut your hole."?Uncle Genesis looked as if he would.