The best part was when she tried to play it off like nothing happened. The mind reading gave me an upper hand--I also pretended it didn't happen and d...ove her into a minor self-esteem crisis. I pushed her a bit more by making one of the other waitresses interested in me. Mary really did not like that shit! She liked it even less when I brought the lingerie shop sales girl around on dinner date. Mary cornered me near the bathroom to rail at me about being a dog and treating those 'wonderful'. “Ah, ok cool.”“He was planning on it for a few years. He wanted my house, my property, to sell and make a profit. It’s all very shady stuff. My only regret was not picking up on it and divorcing him sooner.”“I see. Well it’s good you’re here, away from all that. Are you dating or,” Tyrell shrugged.Denise smiled at him once again. “I’m not dating. I’m not really interested in that. My son, he’s my focus now.”“Alright, that’s understandable,” Tyrell nodded. “Family comes first.”“You’re so grown. So casual. It was like we were best friends.At Mullholland, I turned left and we drove along looking at all the lights of the San Fernando Valley down below. Nancy was sitting right next to me now on the bench seat of my Chevy. There was a dirt lot right next to a church along there and we pulled in. I left the key on because Nancy wanted to hear the Kinks new album. It wasn't exactly "Mood Music" you know? Not exactly Martin Denny's Quiet Village or anything, but It was what we both wanted to. We kissed and squeezed each other all the way to her floor falling out onto the hallway and half stumbled to her room. Shirl fumbled for the room key and opened the door.“Wait here one moment,” she whispered to me kissing me on the cheek she stepped into the room for a few seconds, then the door opened, Shirl had grown taller!. I looked down and Shirl had put on different shoes, still black and patent but with what must have been 7” heels. She pecked my nose as I stood there staring at her.