I nodded my assent, and we walked several blocks and sat down at a table outside and ordered our coffee.“I’m really confused,” Karin said quietl.... “I love you so much and I want to be with you. I am sure that I belong with you and you belong with me. But this is almost too much for me to deal with. Why did you tell me? You could have kept it secret and just told me that you wanted to wait until you come back in two years. I would have waited for you, no questions asked!”“If I have to keep. " Garth was thirty and recently divorced. The divorce was mostly a result of the fact that he liked the ladies a little too much. The ladies liked him back and that had led to problems."Maybe your luck is about to change. I've got someone I want you to meet."I closed the connection before he had a chance to answer. Then, with trembling hands I keyed in the number he'd given me for Isidora. On the second ring a teen-aged girl answered. She wasn't Isidora."Hello, this is Trent. Could I speak to. "Did she do anything to you?" Shit, I woulda loved to see her try with what his Dad's sportin'!" Richie, you are such a dick sometimes, you know that?" Oh come on, he was on our side! Even Jason said his shit looks different from everyone else's shit." Yeah, and so does Ms. Bendon's. Think she's on our side, bozo?" Fuck you, Melinda, you know that's totally different! This is like--" Shut up, both of you!" Jason shouted as he came to a stop.Melinda whirled around and stared at him, looking. Even Tabby joined in, the way you kind of have to do when somebody is laughing madly. It's contagious.Milton staggered away, probably forgetting all about us and Tabby leaned on me as I got control of myself. I wiped the tears off my face and rubbed my sore stomach."God, that was great, Tabby," I said, still giggling every once in a while. "That was the most brutal put down I ever heard."Tabby smiled. "I enjoyed it too. That guy's a creep even when he's not drunk."We went back onto the dance.