That is all." I am sure the Reds think the same of you," teased Jeff."Perhaps, but they are wrong and we are right," he said. He waved them forward. "...ome!" Are you taking us to the sick person?" said Weston."What sick person?" The one who has only a month to live." What are they talking about, Jeff?" asked Elga."Ninaa is not sick. She is pregnant," said Jeff."Ho-ho!" laughed Elga. "Lately she is only complaining that she is dying or else she is threatening to kill me. She wanted children, so. Not really.Winter in Galena is normally a pretty cold affair. But when everyone is inside, by the fire, it can be toasty-warm.So we figured it wouldn’t be that obvious if we were to ... y’know, strip down a little. Just to our underpants. Just while we were near the fire.I genuinely don’t think my parents registered what we were doing. If they did, they didn’t care. They put up with my goth years, muddled past my ‘just came out of the closet’ slutty years, they worried their way through my. ”“How long have you been on the pill?”“I don’t know, like a year. Anyway, that’s not the point.”I was relieved and somewhat hurt at the same time. “What is the point?”“I know you probably don’t want to hear this, but I really liked having sex.” She was right, I didn’t want to hear it. “And I really, really miss it.”I covered my ears and closed my eyes. Maybe this was just a bad dream and I would wake up any second. Nicole pulled my hands away.“Daddy, stop it. I’m trying to tell you that I’m. As I finished my sandwich, I tossed the empty sack in the direction of a nearby trashcan. When it hit the floor, I made no move to pick it up. I watched people passing by the strange storefront. No one else made a move to go in; no one else even seemed to notice it. I stood up, and headed toward and door of Spells R Us, and, I hoped, toward my destiny. As the door swung open, I heard the familiar tinkle of the bell, and I smiled. There was no one in sight, so I took a moment to survey the.