I guess shortening a nice name like Rebecca to Reba could have been my first clue, but Reba was born with a gorgeous head of auburn hair. It was littl... things at first. Forgetting to put the keys on the hook and then losing them. Getting lost on the way to the corner store and winding up at the mall, spending two hundred dollars on clothes when she was just going out for milk and eggs. Shortening all of my relatives’ names to silly nicknames like her own. Nothing serious. I got a little more. ”“How very generous you are with my body,” I laughed, and I was thinking it was going to be best to just relax into this and forget anything else.Together, Sheena and I set Melanie on the bed with her thighs parted and a pillow under her lower back to raise her hips. I kneeled at the foot of the bed looking into the hairless pinkness of Melanie. Already I could hear her breath quickening, but nevertheless, I said, “I should really test your readiness.” What I really wanted was my first testing. ”“Emmy with a gun and a nightstick?” I asked.“And handcuffs, Mikey!” Liz teased.“What do YOU know about THAT?”“Wouldn’t YOU like to know?!”“Actually, now that I think about it, no I wouldn’t!”“You know,” Liz said with a sly smile, “I could ask how YOU know about it!”“Word gets around,” I chuckled. “Even to nerdy brothers who couldn’t get laid in High School.”“Will you answer a question for me?”“Maybe.”“How many? No names, just the number?”“Liz...”“I’m not going to tell anyone, Mikey. I was just. Especially the ones uptop. A scream escaped her lips.Suddenly, a woman burst in the room. She looked strangely familiar, butshe too was very petite. "Melissa, what wrong? Why you scream? You makemother scared."Melissa, in dim recognition, realized that this was her mother, andthat she needed to figure out what was going on. Rather than going intoit, she decided to play along for the time being. "No, I fine. Preaselet me get dress, and I go school."As her mother shook her head and left, Melissa.