"Do I even want to know what he calls me?" the girl chuckled in response, reaching onto her belt for the psyduck's pokeball."Not really," laughed Mira...da as the duck appeared dangerously close to the edge of the pool, "But for the record he's called you 'water chick', 'boss lady's babe', and 'Miri's dream come true'." 'Boss lady's babe'?" inquired Misty, giving Miranda an odd look as the woman shrugged helplessly, "if he wasn't so cute, I'd smack him for that one. But did he really call me. It had been a long time since any friends had stopped by. Beth couldn't remember when they held the last party at the house. Meg was her only friend and Meg took pains to avoid being in the house when Bruce was home. Meg said that she couldn't stand the constant bickering between Beth and Bruce.She was concentrating on the liquid in the bottom of her glass and became aware that someone close to her was talking. She looked up to see an older man smiling at her. The man had said something that. "Well, about that. There are some things you should know. Jerry O'Connell has a long record of misbehaviors, but most of them are relatively minor. With his record, it would be relatively easy to have him expelled and to get a conviction on the relevant charges. He also has a long history of targeting Miss Reilly, in ways that his family has refused to believe. But... he is her cousin. Miss Reilly puts a great deal of store in family, even unworthy family, and she does not want to be the cause. Don was still getting the explanation about the Circle. Apparently, the evening before had blown him away. Dave pieced together that he and Cricket had remained together all evening, but they’d been on the patio as they watched the exhibitionist partnering and re-partnering as the evening went on.Don said, “So, this is really like a big swingers’ community?”Cricket teased, “Don’t be crass. It’s a matter of order and precedence in one’s thinking. Swingers put sex first to the exclusion of most.