She had come from nowhere, made all the right moves, and had catapulted herself onto the national stage."I'm telling you, pandering to the male vote c...n only get you so far. They just don't vote in numbers," Kelly said eventually."Yes, but they'll make their wives vote for me, or at least a significant number will. That will improve things," Jean said, confident as always."Well, that may be true, but you're still behind, and you need a miracle." No, I need a crisis, and I think I'll get it,". She’s like totally hot so Ijust have to hope, is all.I think my little brother Darryn, is already jealous that I’m the one that’s sixteen tomorrow. What he doesn’t understand is the pressure they’re putting me under and it’s not like I can talk to my buddies about it. But this writing thing to prepare myself is really helping me. It’s TMI but I got major wood already.Oh, I still didn’t say what IT was! The open secret. No one outside the family knows either. But WE all know. Mom’s present, like. "Well, she's into tech and could just a little advice. She's notlooking for a break or anything. Just a chat," I lied. Anything to gether there."I can do that," Lucinda said, and we set a time and place."Thank you so much," I told her"There's one thing," she added before we said goodbye.God, I thought. Not you, too. Why was everybody so demanding? Tellingme to do something? Shut up, I told myself. You haven't even heard herout yet, and I was pleasantly surprised when she continued:"Would you. One night they got together at the bar with one of Sallys old friends from school (John) and he had a friend with him (Ben). They all danced with each other, switching partners thru out the night, the booze was rampant and all were buzzed to say the least.. They decided at closing time to take the party back to Sallys house so off they went. Upon arriving home the men made drinks while the ladies changed into sweat pants and tee shirts to be more comfortable. When they returned to the living.