Which gallery did you say you were from?" Ah, err, Thompsons. It's a small place. You probably won't have heard of it." No. Sorry. I haven't. Goodbye ...hen and be careful. You don't want seven years bad luck do you?" Ha ha. No thank you. Goodbye now."I closed the door behind her. Whatever else you might say the Doctor is very clever. That was almost exactly what he predicted would happen. Chapter 9 CathyOnce again we sat in the darkened room. Though it's quite warm outside it always feels. "Those gawking idiots made the scene when they clustered round to see what was going on." Your friend was trying to embarrass a member of the staff, Miss." The manager turned his attention — gratefully, it seemed — towards them."Marcus?" Hope blurted. "I don't believe you." He..." the woman behind the counter blurted, then clamped her mouth shut."Yes?" Shawna asked, her eyes narrowed as she leant over the counter. "Go on." He was... He was talking about buying women's underwear," she. ." Her voice trailed off, hand waving in dismissal.Mary stared at me, the same pale blue eyes as her daughter looking at me. "She loves you. Did you know that?" she asked suddenly."I've been a part of her life, Mary. So I'm not surprised. I love her too," I responded carefully.Mary smiled wistfully. "Yes. You've been a Godsend to us both." Her smile changed, becoming amused. "But that's not the love I'm talking about. I wasn't clear. Cassandra is IN love with you. Romantically," she. Less than five minutes later, I was back online, cruising for more NSA sex. Between Grindr and all the other apps, I went through hundreds of pictures. I couldn’t wait to find who my next conquest would be.It turned out to be a redhead who’d just turned eighteen. I actually had to ask the guy for ID, which kind of defeated the anonymity of it, but I didn’t want any trouble. I made sure not look at the name on his card, so in my mind, he could just be my Twink Boy. It was actually pretty.