I felt so shamed."So we finally go home. I was so glad that she spoiled me withclothes. Everything was so sexy and tight. I just posed in mymirror, sw...tching through my new outfits, and played with myselffor hours. It was so great."I finally end up going over to Jill's house. My mom drove me. Ipicked this really elastic yellow tennis dress that stuck to me.It hugged me so much, that the mole on my hip could be seen as abump in the dress."So the first thing Jill says to me is, 'You whore, I. Although I was getting much better with the crutches, I still couldn't stand on my own. And standing was the only way I could walk. And walking was the only way to make it to the bathroom to pee.That wasn't the only concern that was pressing. Two hours? This was not a short conversation about my parents calling. Jessica had gone overboard. Maybe she was like this before I came, I didn't know. If she was, then I may have been blowing things out of proportion. I somehow doubt that, though. If. A year later Deb had the twins. After the kids went to kindergarten Deb went to work and began to cheat on me with her boss.Of course, I didn’t find out until two years ago, when the kids were almost twelve. I had gotten an anonymous e-mail telling me that Deb was fucking her boss and letting me know how to verify the fact. When I confronted Deb with the proof I gathered, she had decided to tell me that she didn’t love me anymore and she was going to divorce me to marry Will Severson.I guess I. Memories surfaced, facts linked themselves into chains of logic, the worldturned right side up. He laughed out loud, and then caught his breath asRachel stirred and moaned. Quickly Jacky finished dressing and left the room,heading for the kitchen. There was no sign of Jennie: the clock on thelanding told him it was still early, much too early to wake everyone. Jackymade a pot of tea, poured himself a cup and sat at the kitchen table nursingit, thinking about the dream."How do you feel?" Rachel.