From time to time her girlfriends would have a laugh together and refer to her as "Miss Queen" and how she was so tame now. I never knew why they call...d her Queen but didn't pickup that it was significant, just a fun name. One time I went to join in one of their conversations and said "Will the Queen like another drink?".. to which her girlfriends burst out laughing. Other times I recall them calling her "Queen of 22", but had thought they were referring to her age or something back then.So a. The no strings attached quickie. Eventually, we figured out that my husband wanted to see other men live out the fantasies he never could. He wanted to live vicariously through them. It felt unreal, like a dream come true for me also. I was going to get to have sex with other men and it was going to be ok with my husband! I love it that I have a husband that will let other men live explicitly through me. I wanted to see all of his dreams and fantasies come true, through other men. So we planned. And dozens of undercovers would be studying the crowd. Which probably wouldn’t do any good; anyone who watches TV is on to that one.Vanessa, Walker, Pilar, and I attended. A family unit. Daddy and my mother had known the Morristowns more closely, so they sat near Agnes and her three children.Years ago, pre-Vanessa, Bear and I had attended a Mafiosa funeral. He had been a local kingpin back when the Italians controlled the West Bottoms. Long before gentrification marched through.He died. "Just heard four friends of ours have gone abroad for a while - a long while. In fact they won't be back ever."THURSDAY EVENINGThe two lovers lay on the rug and looked at each others' rapidly healing bodies."When do you think we'll be ready, Katie" Let's give it three weeks, when we're due to move in" That means we can't have the bedroom done until after"THREE WEEKS LATERAngie stood over her fallen friend and placed her foot triumphantly on Katie's stomach."Blue, my dear friend." She gave.