Selina will be a grown woman one of these days and we might very well look back and wish that we had nurtured her here with us." We might just be 'nur...uring' Jeff another wife," Diana said, and although Helen and Jeff chuckled a little, Diana didn't. The laughter came to a sudden halt when Diana didn't join in."Di, you can't be serious..." Well, she fits the first criterion — intelligence," Diana said very quietly.Helen, remembering her earlier conversation with Selina, suddenly had a smug look. Martin was doing a great job placating her. I’d probably lose control and deck her one just to shut her up. Finding a rotting log a little distance away, content that it looked solid enough, I sat down to eat my bar. My back was to the sight of Martin and Blondie hugging. Closing my eyes I nibbled a tiny morsel from the bar, letting a single rolled oat move around inside my mouth for a long time. I was quarter of the way through the bar when Miles plonked himself on the ground beside me. “It is. The smirk told me it was going to be something sexy. I was sure everyone at the table knew that Kara and I were intimate; I just hoped my mom didn’t happen to walk in.Kara unwrapped the box and lifted the lid. She turned bright red and closed the box. Stephanie started laughing and Bethany joined in a few seconds later.“What is it, Kara?” Joyce asked with a smirk that made me wonder if she wasn’t in on this as well.“It’s embarrassing!” she said.“Oh, go on, show everyone!” Joyce said, making it. ‘….you couldn’t help it because unlike someone else I know, you like being a slut for men. ‘ Veronica stared at him in shock and he glanced at the clock on the wall. Good lord, it was already ten minutes after midnight. ‘If you will excuse me, I am late and I have a promise to keep.’ Michael walked out and as he opened the doors to leave the restaurant he could hear Veronica screaming curses. He suppressed a smile and thought about Bree. She would be so happy to see him, he knew that much. .