Charlie, these are my girls. This is Izzy, and this is Peggy and the mother hen sitting next to you is Lilly." Your girls?" she asked mischievously.I ...illed my lungs and sighed heavily. "My wives, Charlie. They're my wives."She started laughing again, but this time I could feel that it was under control, her control."What did you do, move to Utah and become a Mormon?"The girls were all beaming at me, and then Peggy started bouncing around on her toes. She pointed at the angel statue over. " I'm sorry, but what would it have looked like otherwise? I had to, but I really hated myself for doing it." And then you scrawled 'girlie-boy' on my blouse, when you're a girlie-boy too." I know but I had to play along with them or I'd have got a good kicking too. I didn't hit you." "But if you'd taken my side. Two against three. My odds would have been better." D'you seriously believe the outcome would have been any different." I s'pose not." Anyway, at least I stopped them when they were. Five of Jenny's friends would beattending the party, all girls from her kindergarten class. Mom hadbeen planning the party for sometime and asked me I would like help herwith some of the games. I don't think she really needed my help, butJenny didn't want an icky boy at her party and Mom didn't want me tofeel completely left out. Our basement was completely decorated withballoons, ribbons, streamers and etc. Mom went all out to make thisparty special as she did for everything involving. "Here," I agreed, my eyes flicking to the closed door of the trailer.She nodded, grabbing the chair from my desk and rolling it over so shecould sit down across from me. She tossed me an apologetic look andpointed at her knees."Wife had to go through two replacement surgeries over the past fiveyears. Some days I can manage four or five hours before they start yellingat me. Some days, less." She sighed, tapping on the small tablet in herright hand. "Damned Shift is going to make me have to take.