And she had a feeling what the subject wouldbe, considering her slip-up in referring to Josie by her girl-name. Shehad no idea what Melanie's reactio... would be, but she was surprised andpleased with what she next heard."I'll be upfront with you," said Melanie, setting the glasses of iced-tea on coasters on the table as she sat down herself. "Something isgoing on with my nephew and I have a feeling you know what it is," shesaid, sipping at her tea while waiting for Linda's response. . No chores to do. Bored… and frustrated. I had my fortieth birthday the previous August. A feeling that time is running out and dumped twice by Moody during the summer but asked back on each occasion to which I had said yes – I love her but my loyalty and devotion seem to count for nothing. Hedonism is all I appear to have left. Or is that just an excuse for my immoral behaviour? Do I believe my own lies in order to really deceive others more skilfully? I’m having a mid-life crisis. Fack. My. The discussions went on for days. No detail was overlooked. Thisincluded the her relationship with Justin's dad. How they met, how theyfell in love, their wedding, the birth of their kids (Justin and Pattyof course) and even the marital difficulties they were having now.Karen related every intimate detail of her sex live with Justin. Justintook all this in and in the end knew Karen's entire sex life and all herintimate relationships as well as Karen did.Karen knew everything about Justin's. Tommy crossed the threshold without saying a word. "How's Missy?" shesaid, emphasising the girls' name. It was obvious from her tone that shehad little regard for Missy's welfare."Let's not talk about this I made a mistake." He leaned over clutchinghis stomach, like he was going to spew or something.Emily's anger changed to concern. "You ok honey?" Yeah fine."Tommy didn't want to tell his fiance about the dead girl because hecouldn't be bothered getting her any more freaked out than she was.