.." Alice started.But Angie was holding her hand up a bit. "To begin with, I'm your father's only lover, so I guess there's no way to tell. We haven't...even set the wedding date yet. If we do get married – and as you know, we're planning to, I don't know if I could ever accept another woman into our relationship. This whole subject is something I'm not comfortable discussing with the two of you, and as far as what your father can or can't do, well, that is not information you need to know. You. The beast above me is extremely active right now. Whirs, clicks, blinking lights, and flickers of chaotic rainbow escaping from its many joints and crevices. The cluster of lenses on the radiological cameras squints and stares, peering into me, looking at anything it wants, for however long I want. I am exposed in the most profound way right now, and I am being examined in exquisite detail. The gaze of each mechanical eye feels new and different with every change of focus, every dilation,. . and we’ve agreed to open up our relationship again. It was closed in the past, at least partly to mollify Ryan. That’s my very estranged husband. He didn’t feel like screwing around back then and he didn’t like the idea of me spreading it for so many men.“He accepted Joe, but that was it, and not even for that long. Joe didn’t have any interest in chasing women right then, so soon after his second messy divorce, and I could hardly blame him for that. It was a temporary situation. Even more. Your husband is an idiot for not spending more time with you.” That made her blush and turn away. I grabbed her head, turned her to me and kissed her again. “So now that I caught you, what’s next?” She walked over to my bed and laid down “Whatever you want. You’re in charge, remember?” “I wasn’t sure if you’d still be okay with that arrangement once we finished last night,” I honestly answered. She looked at me with the most serious face I’d ever seen from her and said “Not only am I ok with.