They pulled away and headed in to see what was wrong. ‘Will took her toy,’ Craig said with a laughing grin. Will pouted for a minute then offered ...he toy back to his sister who instantly stopped crying and starting cooing sweetly. ‘Oh man, Danny’s gonna have to lock her in a tower,’ Jake prophesied. Caitlin laughed. ‘Speaking of babies, has Claire told you if we’re having a boy or a girl?’ he wanted to know. Caitlin smiled. ‘I thought you wanted to be surprised?’ Caitlin teased. Jake growled. ” There was a chorus of “Oh, god” and similar, until I said, “And I washed hers with my hands.”Heather exclaimed, “Oh, frickin’ wow! Last night was the first time I really got to touch her ass, and you got to wash it! Lucky Beth!”“Ain’t that the truth,” Rhee retorted.Before anyone else could climb on that bandwagon, I said, “And she kissed me.”Heather had to slap her hands over her mouth to keep her exclamation behind her teeth.“Essentially, she said those various things got her excited. You. I was already in the army but I told my dad that we would settle for all medical bills, all legal fees including the settlement percentage, $6000.00 for every day I missed school from the injuries and $4,500,000.00 if they offer $700,000 dollars to the Valdez Family and paid for Susanne’s college to a bachelor’s degree plus all of our legal fees. I was surprised when they agreed without even a counteroffer. I suspect Mrs. Collins had a lot to do with that.Dad put my money in a trust for me that. They think ofyou as a new friend. If this were one of them getting made over, itwould be fun for them, an adventure. They imagine it will be that wayfor you too."I looked down at my lap. There were the white folds of Zoe's dress, withmy hosiery-clad legs peeking out, white my whte gloved hands fidgtedtogether nervously. But underneath it all, underneath the Stacy thegirls thought they knew, was Butch, a guy.It was going to be a calamity."Aunt Liz, they are going to see me tomorrow...see.