."Kim nearly choked."Oh, yeah. I know all about it. We have a lot in common. I mean, we'renothing alike..."Kim furrowed her brow.Faye shook her head f...om side to side. "Lust did this to me, too. Can'tsay I totally hate it. But this really wasn't in the plan."Interrupting, Kim said. "What was that trick you pulled that she keepstalking about?" I embraced it. I became. In the end, I found my road. You have to findyours."Faye shrugged as she continued. "I think we can help each other. Onething,. Rather than calling ahead, I just drove to my mother's house. I pulled upher driveway the same time as she did."Stephanie?" she cried as she got out of her car, "What are you doinghere?" What do you think I'm doing," I said, "I came to get my husband back." I'm not sure that's an option," she said, her lips forming a straight,thin line."Oh, I'm sure it is," I said, "And come on, do you listen to yourselftalk."I made my way towards the door, but she stood in front of me."He said that you beat. “From the expression on her face she was asking the same question, but she came as hard as I did nonetheless.”Brooke’s breath was stolen. She could sense Gavin’s enjoyment at her reaction and attempted to rein in her shock. It occurred to her in her flummoxed state that the cab was gliding through Midtown East, minutes from the Plaza. “You … didn’t feel any—you know—guilt?”“She might have. Fucking great is what I felt, during and after. I’ve no use for guilt, Brooke. I’ve worked damned hard to. And then I said, so softly that I almost couldn't hear it myself, “Are you?” and she said “No! Of course not!” and then she went quiet for a bit and then she said “So I think maybe it's time you choose between us. Me or her?” and I said “Lucy, no. Please don't say that, why would you say that? Why are you so angry? What else did she say?” and Lucy just said “Me or her?” again and I said “No, I can't do that. Please.”“Yeah, whatever. Look, I have to go anyway. Bye.”And then she hung up.And I.