“Its on my file, if you check,” she explained, noticing my eyes on her. “I did a test when I got here.”I nodded again, remembering that she ha... only been here about two weeks now. “How far along?” I asked, testing her.“1 month.” She replied, confidently.I continued to look at her beautiful body, hoping that she would mistake my wandering eyes for suspicion. “So the thing I caught you doing, is that how a young mother should be behaving?” I asked her sternly. “Is that the kind of behaviour that. " As soon as he got the words out, he slowed down,"I figure that way if she's ugly, at least she'll be smart. Gotta beworth something, right?" Three wishes have been made. Wishes granted."The genie reached out and touched Jake on the forehead. He stiffened andfell backwards onto the bed. Before he and the genie faded away, Montaguemuttered, "Poor sod."---Jake felt an arm draped over him before he opened his eyes. Through thewarmth and fuzziness he vaguely remembered making wishes and expecting. “Why not?” she asked him. “I don’t set the rent around here, the owner does. I wish I could help you, but my hands are tied. I’m sorry.” he said with his hand held open in sign of an apology. “But can I ask you for something?” “Well, I guess,” she replied a little sheepishly. What was she going to be able to do for him now? She was ruined! “I want some lessons. Just for old-times sake,” he looked at her and smiled. “Well, sure, when would you want to come down?” she asked him. The thought of. It saddened me more than it should, but only because I was selfish in my loneliness."Let's go to the parlor, Dare. We can talk a little, huh?" Joe looked down at me and started to leave the room but I didn't follow him. I wasn't supposed to be in the other parts of the house.The man tried calling me a couple times but finally got the idea as I just sat there looking at him. Joe disappeared for a minute and then returned with a chair, one of the rough wooden ones he always sat in when he'd come.