But dad wasn't around very much and, until later in the year, my mom did not have a car. There was no way to get around even if I demanded it. LOLI do...know we were on the bowling team at St. Bernadette's that year. They would bus us to the bowling alley after school was finished on Thursdays.I loved to bowl. I was good at it too. In later years I would get to nearly a 200/game average. I even shot a 279 in my adult years. Man I remember my legs were shaking when I was up in the 10th frame. And. "Magic! I knew it was magic!" Carlotta just looked at me thoughtfully."Well," I said, "Kind of. Quantum magic, magic for real. Not the potions and spells kind. That's just fun make-believe stories." Oh, I know," said Isabelle, rising up on her toes and trying to talk in the deeper voice of an adult. I couldn't help but smile. She wouldn't be six until October. "Will you teach me?"I gulped. "About quantum magic? Well... We could try. It would take a lot of time."Isabelle stared at me, a deep. I only talk like that in public for the political points it gets me, and to use it as leverage against any men who challenge me or disagree with me in any kind of way at work. It’s magick! Anytime I want to ruin a guy’s life and get him fired, all I have to say is “He sexually harassed me!” Since I’m so hot and everything, it’s obvious I always tell the truth. Bam. Problem solved! This is how I moved into a top position with my company so fast. And it’s great! I don’t even have to do. Her sleeveless, pink t-shirt was pulled up enough to show a wide expanse of soft, summer-tanned skin. That young lady had changed a lot since she’d first come into my life ten years ago when I married her mother. At the age of 26, I’d become father to an 8-year-old child. I had no children of my own and had not really wanted any. The girl’s mother didn’t want anymore kids either, so I had a vasectomy. The girl stirred on the bed and I started to turn away. But, she settled back down in.