“I mean the fallout, the divorce”“Oh I see…I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to snap”“Do you miss her?”“Not anymore, at first…well you kn...w how that was. Time is a great healer though. How are my nieces?”(Laura)I wasn’t so much avoiding the subject as bored of it. Caitlin and Laura have been mothering me stupid ever since Helen and I divorced 2 years ago. Maybe if there had been some big affair then it would have been easier for them to understand.“OK I can take a hint, I know, change the subject and. ”“I don’t care about that,” she said. “He’s a man. If he’s so stupid as to do that, then he can live with the consequences.”She took him to the sink, where he cleaned his hands.“Shall I pay you now, or when it’s painted?” she asked.“Later is fine,” he said.“Um ... do you need any more ... pears?” she asked, blushing.Bobby heard the invitation in her voice. He’d heard that same tone of voice when he was at Tilly’s house ... the times he wasn’t there to repair anything and Jake was “taking a. I think my paying her so well, is what brought about the big change in our relationship.It was early in the second year of her working for me, when she came into my office and passed me my coffee. She sat down, and looking serious, she said, "Lukas, we have to have a serious talk."I nodded and said, "So, can we do it here?"She said, "Yes, it is just that, things are progressing real well at home, and Danny, my husband, and I want to start a family. Once we have a baby, I want to be a stay at. Justgo along and get along. I just try to bring a little happiness into thelives I touch."Dana looked down at the pool boy's manhood. I bet he's brought a lot ofhappiness, she thought."Marco, what do you think "having sex' means?" Well sir, when a man and a woman love each other very much, sometimesthey find a way to show their special feelings for each other, and..." No, no, I mean, what's the technical definition. Say, for example, justfor argument's sake, not that I would ever want to do.