"That little wife of his reminds me of a badger. Oh, not her looks; she's a nice looking lady, but to say she is protective of her husband is far from...being descriptive enough. But anyway, she invited us into her living room after her mini lecture about not upsetting her husband." What did she say about bringing Fred? I know she was only expecting the two of you." Oh, Fred could charm a pissed-off rattlesnake," Evie said with a little giggle. "He had her smiling before we had been there two. You know how much I enjoyed Jack'spenis. I can't be thinking about him. Tammy is just as wonderful. Maybeeven more so. Mother wouldn't allow Jack to be sleeping with me, eventhough she knows we've been in a sexual relationship for a long time.Tammy is just sleeping over for the night. I'm sure that Mother believesshe's just there to comfort me in my time of sorrow on my recent breakupwith Jack.So is it wrong for me to be sucking on Tammy so soon after I broke upwith my boyfriend? Don't know.. . so what was the difference. If he divorced her, she’d do fine. The courts were very much on the side of women with children, even if the child in question wasn’t born yet. She’d wanted to have children, when she got married. That want had dimmed, when Arthur started drinking, and had faded away. Now, just as her womb was going to be full of new life, her hope for raising children was gestating too. It was also possible that Arthur would be so ashamed that another man had gotten her with child. " Kenny, we talked more in half an hour today, than we did for the nine years I've been working here. The only other times we've talked have been when you've come here to visit, since you left. Before, it was like you never cared to talk that much. This new you is a lot happier than the old you was. People here all noticed the difference. You're more like a normal boy now, not so withdrawn all the time."Sister Clara came into the kitchen then, and stopped inside the doorway."Hi, Kenny, Mother.