I picked up the ivory coloured card and turned it over.“Mr. and Mrs. John Tickall cordially invite Susan and Elizabeth to the wedding of their daugh...er Catherine to Hannah McElvey.”I stopped reading at that point and looked up as my partner, Beth walked into the room, drying her hair with a towel after her shower.“You’ve seen it then?”“Yes, just there now. Do you want to go?”“Well if we are going to go, we’d drive down on Saturday morning, stay over and back home on Sunday,” Beth announced as. ‘Before you ask the answer is ‘Yes, we did have a sexual relationship’ and ‘No, it didn’t happen until I was eighteen’. I know that I sounded younger. That was just part of the game that Daddy and I played.’ ‘His death must have hurt you deeply,’ Katie said, laying a hand on Gloria’s arm. Gloria put her hand over Katie’s and said, ‘It was the abruptness of it. Suddenly, he just wasn’t there anymore. Had he died of some sort of illness it would have been hard, but I would have had a chance to. Let me say that right now, you are just a secretary. And, after we proposition you, if you do not agree, you can remain so without having to feel like you might be fired or something. So don't worry." She paused, trailing her gaze from my feet, all the way up to my face. "You are an extremely sexy and beautiful woman. We have another position in mind for you if you would like to hear about it? One that would almost triple your salary--plus many other perks that I think you would find. As if I was more mature. And that was a good thing. At least it meant Dallas and I were older together. Hah, this is fun being 18. I stepped out of the shower then heard Tao stirring in the bedroom. She padded into the bathroom, coming over to the sink and seizing her toothbrush. Happy birthday, Eris Romi Faye, she smiled as she rinsed the brush. Oh why thank you, madame. Now, all we gotta do is wait for yours. I lifted the brush to my mouth and ridded my morning breath. After drying my hair.