As everyone settled in, I saw that there was an empty chair between Missy and Bobby, so I headed for that.Betty Lou was still in her self-imposed exil... at the other end of the table. She was staring daggers at the fourth new face at the table, a pretty blonde girl sitting across from Bobby."Hello, Patty," I said as I sat down. Missy turned toward me and our lips met in a short kiss."Get a room," Jackie smirked.I turned to Bobby, pitching my voice low so that only he would hear me. "So we've. " Yeah, I guess you did but I really liked it." I did too and it scared me so I had to get out of there." Jen, you know when I said I would never do it again?" Yeah." I lied."I then took her in my arms and we kissed like two lovers. It was a very romantic kiss as we embraced each other and started breathing hard. Just then we heard mom coming up the stairs and we jumped apart as if we were spring loaded. Mom came in and we were just sitting there not doing anything. Mom gave us a suspicious. This is reallyweird.Chapter One hundred eighty-nine PamI like work more than ever; it takes my mind off other things.When I'm not working I keep thinking about all the things thathave happened and wonder if maybe I've done something wrong, oreven something terrible. Darla has been so sweet. It's clear she'sreally concerned about me and really tries to cheer me up, justthe way Phil used to do. I caught myself the other day thinking Imissed Phil! I found the gift he'd bought me on our initial. ”Patti had made the same statement to me earlier, but I didn’t give it any thought until now. Just what did they mean by that?I walked back to the kitchen and took the bag.“Check them out,” Bambi said. “See if you like them.”I opened the bag and saw a black string bikini and a black thong with lace all around the edges. They were beautiful.“Do you like them?” she asked.“Well … yes,” I said with more than a little embarrassment.“But?” she offered.“But, I usually get three pairs.”“Oh, do you?.