"Oh, right." I laughed too. "I forgot who you were. Okay, so you didn't get fired. Um ... Your best friend died?" I was talking as if to myself, like ... was solving a crossword puzzle out loud. "No, couldn't be that..." I glanced at him and snapped my fingers. "Girl trouble!" What?" He looked up sharply and for the first time I saw something, a little spark of interest in his eyes. This time I didn't look away, but he did. Staring down into his drink."You wanna talk about it?" I offered, knowing. You should probably have Tracey call her to get better numbers." Okay, I'll call Antonio's and cancel, and then I'll call Trace." Thanks, John. I sure hope Momma's not up to something. She's still not happy with us dating." I guess she doesn't like you robbing the cradle," I joked.Missy giggled. "Yeah, right. You're what, two months younger than me? Robbing the cradle: next you'll be calling me an 'old maid'." Well, if the shoe fits..." Don't you even go there, John Robinson," she hissed with a. He'swearing those yucky tights !! Gross !! Only girls and sissies wearthose. And he's got a wig on !!" I'm going with dad on Sunday," said Tommy assertively, "And unlike youI'm going to have 2000$... so we'll see who'se laughing." Tommy wasquite confident in standing up for himself."Yeah, whatever," said Ryan, "You two losers do what you want. I can'tbelieve that this whole house is becoming full of sissy stuff. Tommy,come on, added Ryan, let me get you back to being a boy." Its Ashanti. “What are we going to do, Deidre?” Carla, a busty redhead and famous paranormal investigator, asked. Her footage of the Ghost m*****ing her had gone viral, though the blossoming Theocracy had pulled down many copies of her video. They were trying to bury the Ghost's existence.“Our first problem are these so called gods,” I said, brushing back my tawny hair. “It's quite clear that anyone who hears their spoken words becomes one of their followers.”“I've heard their words spoken,” gasped Ursula,.