) We never once mentioned my remark that the old biddy could use a good man.Once inside, she asked if I would like a cup of coffee, tea or a beer."It'... a little early for a beer, how about an iced tea?"Rather than wait in the loving room I followed her into the kitchen while she prepared the drinks."How is it that a man such as your self finds enough time to attend a two hour hen party on a Wednesday afternoon?" Well, I am slowly turning my business over to my son and I need to give him some. What worried Frank is that I seemed to not care one little bit about that edge suddenly. Radical change made Frank nervous. Radical change in a family member made him overly cautious. Radical change in me scared the hell out of him. You see, everyone in my family had always known that I was the one true black sheep or the one capable of being the blackest sheep ever. Now it appeared that I had chosen to cross that line. At least to Frank it appeared that way, and he didn't like it one bit. It. “They need a fix, Virgil,” Pete told me. “They asked your ladies nicely; that’s why they brought you here. They’ve been interviewed and were recently tested for STDs, so the decision is up to you.”I looked at my two loves, and they nodded ‘yes’.The three of us squeezed past Jenny and Pete and entered the indicated room. There we saw the seated Eva and Karen clad in light blue paper gowns and shivering in spite of the room’s jacked up temperature. While I stood in the door, Chastity and Rachel. You couldn't know." But I should have known," I said, and this time I sat her up so I could look her in the eye. "Allison, next time something is bothering you, tell me. Even if I can't do anything, I don't want you to feel like you have to handle it all by yourself. I'm always here for you, just like you are for me. That being said, there are a couple of things I need to talk to you about."She laid her head back down on my chest. "Okay. Like what?" I'm going to try to go through the other door.