If he bounces back from today, you can have him tonight. By the way, there’s a party to celebrate tonight, as well.”Julie was speechless. Her prim...and proper sister, the sister than she’d gone to Sunday School with for years, the sister who she knew was a virgin when she got married, the sister who once admitted that sex was only a duty a wife needed to do for her husband, the sister who had told her time and again she was only ever going to be with one man her entire life, was going to get. No idea what Nisha drinks. And Jess?”“White wine,” she nodded. Accepting the glass. Nisha was given a pair of shooters. She slid one in front of me. I smirked, we clinked, and threw them back.“Whatever that was it was candy,” I said.“Well, I’m glad you’re enjoying yourself,” Ike sneered and pulled the seat out across from me. He plopped down. “Hey, Adelaide. He’s not been good to you.”“Oh, uh, yeah, I’ve been t-told by Mic--Mic--the other waiter already,” Adelaide nodded. “You two want. “Lisa, what happened?”In response, she burst into tears.“Oh ... I don’t want you to see me like this. Please go away. Please?”The thought occurred to me in that moment that I had definitely not signed on for this scenario in any lifetime, but I wasn’t about to leave her alone, either. “What happened?” I repeated.A weak sigh escaped her lips. “I couldn’t make it onto the toilet in time.”I stood up and stripped off my sweater, down to just the t-shirt underneath. I made my way to her linen. Dad had gotten her pregnant in high school (I guess he thought the milkman went to that same HS), but he conveniently forgot about that when he was in a fit!Finally, at thirteen, I reached MY boiling point! I could no longer take this bullshit and I went toe to toe with him!I was giving away, maybe two inches in height, but not in muscle, as I warned him that this life was over, and that he start a new one, or else.He was stunned, too stunned in fact because he froze for a moment, mistaking the.