I fell asleep thinking about what was going to happen tomorrow.The next day was one of the longest in my life! I told Eddie that dad would pick us up ...fter school and then I was going to have some time alone with him, just the two of us, until mom got home. Then we would all be together again, just like I remember from before. I did remember: I remembered dad coming home all smelling like chemicals, his face all gray and tired and then, once he had changed and had a shower, he was my dad again.. Then I put on the wolf mask and a strap-on. I growled like a wolf. Grrrr. And Gracie fell about laughing. She put on the pig mask and got down on her hands and knees and began to crawl around squealing a pig Weeee Weeee Weeee and acting terrified.It was weird. Really weird. But I have always loved weird, crazy shit and I felt totally at ease going weird with Gracie. I thought at last I ahd met someone even weirder than me. I got on my hands and knees and chased her. She moved very fast for a. And she wanted it with him. Her cross to bear. Her sins of the flesh. She should be wearing a hair shirt.She should be flagellating herself like the nuns in the convent to remind herthat her body was weak and she was more powerless than most. Ah, but she could never have envisioned this . Him.Them. She ought never to have come here seeking refuge. And now she didn't knowhow she could ever leave. He came to her anyway, after a night of carousing and flirting with insipidwomen of the night who. ”He had never been so direct with me in front of the kids. I swallowed awkwardly, blushing badly.“Yes, Sir.”He let me stand there for a few minutes and went back to talking with Kate and the girls. The idea of lunch came up.Kate threw out the first idea.“How about Chinese?”The idea was met with unbridled excitement from the kids.“Sure… why not.” Vince chuckled. The kids ran to get their shoes on. He turned to me. “While we’re gone you should have plenty of time to unpack my bags and get.