He'd never forget the scoffing look on her face, nor her deriding jibes. Godamn her! Insult him... put him down, would she? Nurse maid, was it? The bi...ch! Damn her... she was going to find out that it didn't pay to ridicule Jamey Halo... or accept his love lightly. Shelly Granger could tell her, couldn't she... if she could still talk. He laughed aloud, hardly aware momentarily, that Nadine was beside him."What're you laughing at? Me?" Nadine questioned, twisting around in her seat and folding. "Oh, my God. Was it me saying that?"I know. Jeff isn't that cute, but he's the nicest guy I know. He's so nice to me and I'm his annoying little sister."My friends have brothers around his age and they torture them. Even the nicest ones give their sisters a hard time. But Jeff is so sweet and helpful. And he never says anything mean. I don't think anybody ever had a better brother." Even if he isn't cute?" Even if he isn't cute. Beast was wonderful to Belle." That's a fairy tale." But it's an. I sat in 1 of the big chairs and watched some boring cop show on late night t,v. I must have fallen asleep, as I was aware laterOf muffled voices coming from the kitchen, after coming round a bit I could make out Rens voice, and then Kens, I was slumped back in the chair, my skirt had ridden up and my thighs were on show, and as I looked up, Debs was standing the other side of the room looking at me, and smiling, “I hope we haven’t woke you up Wendy” she asked, “you should have gone and got in. Then he said, “I knew all through the last year at school how you felt about me, mate.”“How…why…why didn’t you say anything?”He wiped a tear from my eye.I felt stupid for crying.“I’m sorry, I…”“It’s all right, mate.”He took hold of my hand and he walked me out of the bogs and out of the pub.“Where are we going?”We went in his car and he drove us to our old school. He pulled up in the schoolyard and…oh fuck…he…he took me behind the bikesheds.“What are you doing? You’re…you’re married and…”“Sssh..