" he stopped speaking and Jared felt him nuzzle his hair, at that moment he quite liked being significantly shorter than Cole as the boy used the hand...that rested over his shoulder to sign 'boyfriend.'Jared smiled and waved at a succession of people who looked like increasingly younger, paler versions of Cole. Everyone in his family had that same blond hair, though not quite as sun-streaked as Cole, and Cole finger spelled for him a litany of names; Clayton, Caden, Chase, Cory. And every single. Lara was in tears bemoaning the fact that shedidn't get anything more than a yearly stipend. Leroy senior had lefteverything to his son. He had been married enough times to know whythose women married him. He figured they bled him enough while he wasalive so they didn't deserve anything more when he was gone. LittleLeroy, as he was called by everyone, would produce the progeny to carryon his legacy and he made provisions to protect that. The only way forLara to get full control of the estate. That night I was in my white nightgown. It certainly wasn't sexy. I remember he was in his boxers. We had been talking all evening and went to get water in the kitchen. Throughout our conversation that day, I noticed he had been flirting with me. He never really did that. In fact, he kind of kept his distance. The flirting may have started because I just turned 18 and he new he wouldn't get into trouble if it went further. We were flirting, talking about kissing. I told him I never kissed a guy. " Well?" Well what?" You're not going to tell are you?" I stared at her, hoping she would goaway. "Who this Karen bitch is." She's not a bitch. Who have you discussed this with?" I asked."We've all discussed it, most of last week. It irked me the most, I hadto... confront you." Cindy picked up the magazine and studied thephotograph again, looked at me, furrowed her brow, "It's you isn't it?"After a moments thought, I gave a sheepish smile. "Afraid so."She plonked herself in the guest chair,.