Forget about Mr. Hot Chocolate. I’ll check him out.’ ‘I bet you would.’ Jo smiled, ‘Okay, you want him you can have him. But, I don’t thin... I want to hear about it.’ ‘Especially if he’s a freak.’ ‘Well, I gotta go. Terry’s probably wonderin where I am. You think about Gary. I told him you were a virgin, but hey, he’ll take it slow. You’ll love it.’ ‘Okay,’ Jo said for Jesse’s benefit. She wasn’t too interested in Jesse’s leftovers. Jesse kissed her on the cheek and left her to do her. ‘And the truth is I’m a nurse no longer. I was struck off from the nursing register last year following my supposed misconduct.’ ‘Misconduct? I’d heard you’d had some trouble, but…’ At that moment matron looked exactly what she was, a lean woman over forty and an obsessive hardened spinster. ‘I used the facilities at the clinic in which I worked for a sideline business of my own – putting breast implants into men.’ Margaret Pardoe’s mouth dropped slightly. ‘You gave men tits?’ The matron. "I see you – I don't hear you. What is it?" Um," Jake said. "Well ... I don't know. Yes. I do know. I know that I don't know..." What is it you don't know?" Frank asked, doing his best not to sound sarcastic. 'Did your mind take a trip to Hawaii or something?' he wondered privately."Um, when Béla's birthday is," Jake said, finally. "Do you know?"Frank thought for a minute. 'Béla's birthday? Humph! In all the time I've known her, she's never mentioned it ... and I've known her longer than anyone. " Mark said softly with resignation in his voice."So?" Mark's mother asked."Fine!" Mark said and added, "You go first, I'll follow."Mark was definitely the center of attention at far as the girls shopping were concerned. At least till Ralph stepped out of the changing room again, this time without his tee-shirt at least and this time in a soft pastel green dress.Mark and Ralph looked at each other like men condemned which only changed a little when Steve walked into the store with his.