You have to tell the kids what you can do and then stick to it! Unless you want to hire a nanny...”“NO!”“ ... then you need to get serious abo...t your schedule. You can’t keep up like this. You’ll kill yourself!”As I expected, Marilyn protested that it really wasn’t that bad, that she could do everything she needed to. It was an argument we had had before, both in this life and in my last. She refused to believe she couldn’t do everything. At home this usually meant a long list of projects she. “Yes, as we discussed. Illinois doesn’t acknowledge living together as conferring any rights or privileges. In fact, technically, it’s a crime under the fornication statute! Elyse, did you learn anything else interesting in your first day of business law?” I asked with a wry smile.“Not really. As I said, that was just a kind of pre-test the professor gave. I looked through the book and most of it looks like stuff that we’ve talked to Jamie about. It’ll be good to have at least some formal. What would her partner think? I shaved for the second time that day, took a fresh shower, and summoned my courage to go upstairs to their apartment."Come in, come in, sweetie. I don't bite. Well, sometimes I do," she said with a mischievous grin. I looked around but saw no sign of her partner. "Is your ...uhh, other half home yet?" I asked. "Sweetie, he's always with me!" she exclaimed with an even bigger and sweeter smile."Hon, are you open-minded? I mean really, really so" she asked. I. Minus the extralegal parts. Okay, illegal.“Dr. Samantha Rowley has set up weekend housekeeping with Drake Fowler.” Sounded more businesslike than boning. I’m all about businesslike.I said, “I don’t know what the latest Rowley research means to your experts, but my ... intuition tells me she’s involved. With below-the-radar experiments.”Gloria said, “Which means that Fowler is.”“That’s my gut instinct.” Mr. November. Bleak and gray on the surface.Gloria smiled, “Trust your gut. I rely on mine.”I.