And that did give me a little bit of comfort, but not much. Ill bet! Did Freddy close the bathroom door behind him and lock it? No, he left it open. W...w, thats pretty bold. He must have known that his mother would be gone for a while. Yeah. She was at church, remember? Yeah, you did tell me that, didnt you? But leaving the bathroom door open was still a very bold move on Freddys part, because my family members were all at home at the time. And any one of them could have come into the small. ‘Go ahead and look,’ I said. ‘You know where I keep everything. I just have to finish these proofs for a client.’ I could tell every time Greta pulled out a different dress. She oh-my-God-ed so many times that I thought she was going to come. She ran out each time with a different dress and asked me the story behind it. ‘What was he doing to you in the fitting room when you tried this on?’ ‘Where did he take you out in this dress?’ ‘Did he fuck you before, during or after you went out in this. I won’t ask what you been doing because I can tell from all those love bites and scratches. Bull, your cheek looks like it could use some cleaning up.’ He reached up and touched her claw marks, ‘Yes ma’am, a little wildcat showed me her claws in more ways than one.’ Dani came out of the bathroom toweling her hair and found both her mom and Kate waiting for her in the bedroom she had used since leaving her crib. ‘Am I going to get a lecture mom?’ Helen smiled. ‘Hell no, this is just some girl. Even if Joey and I were never intimate again, I still wanted him as a friend. He was a good person, he listened to me nonjudgmentally, and he made me laugh; what more could you expect from a friend? I reached in my bag, pulled out my phone and held down the three key. He answered “hello” on the third ring.“Can we still friends without the booty calls?” I asked.There was silence on the phone for a long ten seconds then he sighed.“I’ll always be there for you, Andie, but it hurts too much to be.