“By the way, Joanna here forgave her ex-husband, Les, as well as her sister, Brandy, with whom Les cheated. Long story, for some reason, Brandy need...d to get pregnant, so they had an affair. My own needs are more ... lustful in nature. I’m just not cut out for monogamy. Neither are you, from what I can see here.“Nor is the likely father cut out for any kind of relationship at all. It’s okay, though. Joanna and I will raise this little bambino together. It was wrong to expect you to raise. Again, Gloria closed her eyes and felt the warm morning breeze as it blew in around the large log cabin of Kansas. She breathed in the air, filling herself with desire, and knowing soon, yes soon enough, he’d be home. Later that day, he rode in. She’d heard him and clothed herself and walked to the front door. Smiling, she opened it up, and saw his tall blondish brown frame as he instantly smiled once he saw her glorious beauty before him. “Gloria, my love” he called out and right away jumped. Everyone seemed fine. I said that we were "pretty much" settled in, though there were a few boxes of books, still. I told of Charlie's and Maddy's visit, avoiding the necessity of lying while relying on omission. Weena was still on the phone, so I called Matilda Bay for reservations — it was Friday evening, after all. They had space at eight. I took it; it was seven already.When Weena emerged, I told her of the reservation. "You've only 40 minutes to get dressed!" I laughed. "And you'd better. I think I'll start an even bigger house than the one I'm living in at the old Whitfield place after the Greens finish the one they've started on, or maybe one between the two houses." At the Whitfield place?" The old Whitfield place. I bought him out a few days ago and they're moving out West. Gertie wouldn't go with them though and now I'm not sure the kitchen is big enough for Maybel and Gertie both. The quarters are too small now too, what with the house girls moving up with Gertie. Now that.