I was pretty sure what that was about, but I let it go. I was used to it now and it didn't bother me."I ordered for us," she said, slipping into the b...oth beside me."Okay ... you know me well enough I won't worry." Yeah ... almost like we were married, right?" she teased."Almost," I agreed.The food was nothing fancy, but it was good. A pulled pork sandwich for Christie and a half-rack of back ribs for me. I gave her a big smile and a thank you with a kiss on the cheek when it arrived. I watched. The call was answered by Hector, her husband’s gay lover, Hector Okinowu. She wished him a happy new year and asked to speak to Justin Simons, wanting to get back on friendly terms as both confess that they still have love for each other and both want to lose the bitterness which crept in during the divorce.“I am so sorry, Becks, that I ruined my marriage, our partnership, even our medical practice. I thought my attraction to men was just a phase, a young man at college thing, and I really. It was a little hard, since it seemed all my close friends were in long term relationships or married. They always wanted to do couple type things, which I get. I did the same thing when I was dating my ex. However, I’m single now and I don’t want to be settled down with just one guy. I want to spread my wings. New Year’s Eve has always been my favorite holiday, except this year everyone had already made plans. I decided I’d just go out and ring in the new year my own way. My relationship. “Are we in trouble?” Olivia asked, now nervous too.“What?” Arlene said as she stopped abruptly. “Of course not. You two are my best crew, and you certainly haven’t done anything wrong.” Oh, shit. Now I’ve called them my best crew, and I’m not supposed to say that, am I? “Okay, look,” she said, even more nervous now than she was when she and her father had talked, “I’ve been put in charge of the interceptor squadron...”“Sure. We know that,” Joe injected. “Who else could it be?”“Oh, I, uh ....