" What in hell is that?" You're not nearly as observant as I thought you were," Marie answered. "With a handful of exceptions — my sister Celeste, J...an Clifford and me — all the other girls are a dull sameness. The coloring varies a little, but that's about all." Pretending to be disgusted she snorted, "They're all the same size, give or take a small fraction of an inch — interchangeable parts! And you're one of them."Although Barbara laughed, when she put on the clothes she found that they did. These days, all she feels when she looks at you is pity and faint disgust. The thought of letting you poke that little breadstick of yours into her makes her feel ill.Well, don’t be too concerned about that. Some women lose interest in sex, during pregnancy. It’s a hormonal thing, you know?Of course, it’s not as if you were having a lot of sex before the pregnancy. To be honest, it’s a mystery how you managed to knock her up at all. You’ve wondered about that, haven’t you?She told you it must. I'm not going to try to reason with them, this will be completely by force." Do you really believe that you can handle all of that yourself? Why not let our team go in and subdue them?" Because then your House will have that much more information on me than I want them to have. I can trust Michael to not tell them anything about me. I'm fairly certain of you too, but I can't trust that team not to pass on what they may witness."Andrea opened her mouth to say something else but thought better of. But I like it so far,” I said.We chatted for a few more minutes, then she finished her drink. “Austin, last night my friend was a bit rude. Her husband had been cheating on her for several years and she knew about it, but never brought it up.”“That is kind of messed up,” I replied.“They never really should have gotten married, but they did, and it did not take long for him to stray. About a year, I think.”“Damn,” was all I could muster.Cynthia continued, “My friend found out about it, as I.