"I'm glad to meet you,"Ann said first.Jeanette spoke warily, "Likewise my dear. I understand we have you tothank for rescuing Jack and the boys from ...eglect."Ann chuckled and waved off Jeanette's humor."Don't be modest dear," Jeanette continued. "We all know men are uselesswith children and running a home I'm not surprised you needed to stepin." Oh, I agree," Ann said without a hint of irony, causing Jack to beginto cough.Jillian disengaged from Tommy and rose to meet Ann offering her. "Well," I said with an embarrassed laugh, "we were only able to get off base about four times. Our entire sex life was like a dozen oral exchanges and some making out." Wow, no wonder you still have that new fag smell. Straight off the showroom floor." Great," I laughed. "Here come the test-drive jokes."The arm around my waist tightened and Nic pointed at me with his free hand."Hey," he said threateningly. "No stepping on my smooth lines. Cock-blocker."I laughed harder at the implication of the. ”“Drew, listen to me carefully. I’m sure Candy doesn’t want this widely known. She’s ashamed of being the victim. Her privacy was violated in the very worst possible way. I don’t want to violate it anymore. And that is the reason, the God-damned only reason, I’m not on the phone to Royko right now. And as for my position, I’m a fucking assistant professor when my publication record is better than most of the department. I’ve had favorable, sometimes glowing reviews.”“That might change,” he. It had been a few months since I had seen her but when I did we couldn’t stop smiling at each other. The first thing I said was lets go for a walk and get a soda. The adults just started laughing, I guess they knew what we were up too but didn’t seem to mind. (what happens in the family stays in the family, right?)After we bought our sodas we made our way up to the school yard. It seemed to have shrunk but Cyndi and I were both teenagers now and this was an elementary school. We sat under our.