Dad had told my twin that he would never father a child. Out of character, my dad explained to my twin that it was an advantage and that he had let it...slip out at the bar one night with his buddies after work. His coworkers joked about that being a blessing and a curse. Unlike how people now accept that girls get horny and want sex as much as boys, it was taboo to mention it back then. It all changed one afternoon.”“Not long after my father told me that I was lucky to be sterile, I was invited. "Drained of all fluids could be a couple of things. Vampires, is the most obvious - but we haven't had a nearby case on them for some months after the squad 'evicted' a coven that was preying on elementary school children."What kind of Fey?" I asked inquisitively "Do I need stakes, silver, garlic - the whole nine yards?"Maria smirks that cocky grin again."You'll see Hartwell, you'll see."I shut the pocketwatch and shove it unceremoniously back into my pocket. Who even wears pocketwatches in. ." He frowned a little. "I can't think why he would have asked for me personally." Well that's exactly what he's done now isn't it?" Yes but that's probably because I'm the person he's most familiar with by now," he argued."Well whatever the reason I'm sure that he would never have invited your application if he didn't think you capable." I certainly hope so, I don't know how many other people I'll be up against, but the fact that he asked me personally must mean I have a shot at it." Peter. .. You're asking too much ... No, I've been cutting him off too much; you're asking too much... (laughter) ... Okay ... like I say maybe next week." She hung up. She walked through the entryway and into the front room. She hadn't seen me.I was stunned, "cutting me off," she'd said. It could only mean one thing—couldn't it? Twenty plus years down the shitter? I had to know. All those years and nary even a suspicion that she was unhappy with me or with our sex life; well, again, except for the.