lately?
BrownEyedGirl: No. We lost touch when we graduated.
WhosYourDaddy: Do you know what became of him?
BrownEyedGirl: No idea.
WhosYourDaddy: You think about him sometimes, though, don't you?
BrownEyedGirl: Sometimes.
WhosYourDaddy: If you'd married him, maybe you'd still be married.
Maybe your kids would be his.
BrownEyedGirl: I doubt we would've made it. He cheated on me with Sherry Stewart. I caught them together in the bedroom at Dennis Marchant's house.
Broke my heart.
WhosYourDaddy: Only an idiot would cheat on someone as beautiful as you.
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"Were you that idiot?" Sebastian asked and turned the page.
BrownEyedGirl: They got together after I broke up with him, but it didn't last long.
WhosYourDaddy: I met her once. She wasn't half as pretty as you.
BrownEyedGirl: Thanks. I never could understand what he saw in her.
WhosYourDaddy: She was a slut, and at that age, a guy thinks with his dick.
He's dealing with too many hormones to know when he's got a good thing.
BrownEyedGirl: Does that ever really change? LOL
WhosYourDaddy: I'd never risk losing someone like you, that's for sure.
Were you giving it up to Malcolm?
"You already know, don't you?" Sebastian said. "You just like thinking about it, talking about it."
BrownEyedGirl: You can guess the answer to that question.
WhosYourDaddy: You did.
BrownEyedGirl: It's not like I was easy. We were together for two years.
WhosYourDaddy: Would you make me wait that long before you let me touch you?
BrownEyedGirl: That depends.
WhosYourDaddy: On what?
BrownEyedGirl: On my level of trust.
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WhosYourDaddy: You can trust me, babe.
BrownEyedGirl: I'd like to think so.
WhosYourDaddy: Do you ever talk to Sherry Stewart?
Sebastian checked his computer screen. Still no response from Malcolm.
BrownEyedGirl: Never. Not since that night.
WhosYourDaddy: What about your other friends from high school?
"Wondering what she's heard about you?" Sebastian asked. WhosYourDaddy was always probing. Sometimes it was just more subtle than at other times.
BrownEyedGirl: Not really. My best friend died of cancer while we were in college. That's when I realized I wanted something deeper than most of the people I'd hung out with in high school seemed to want. They were still partying on the weekends and screwing around. It was time for me to get serious about life. That's when I met Jimmy.
WhosYourDaddy: At UC Berkeley?
BrownEyedGirl: Yep.
WhosYourDaddy: Did you go back to San Antonio after college?
BrownEyedGirl: No, we stayed in California to be near his family.
WhosYourDaddy: So you haven't been to Texas in how long?
BrownEyedGirl: Years. My parents moved to Portland while I was at Berkeley, so there's never been any reason to go back.
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Fortunately, that was all true, so they didn't have to worry about Malcolm learning otherwise.
WhosYourDaddy: Don't you want to see Malcolm?
BrownEyedGirl: I don't even know if he's still there. Last I heard, his family was, but he'd moved on.
WhosYourDaddy: What if you were to hear from him? How would you react?
Sebastian had highlighted this part. It showed Malcolm throwing out more feelers, seeing how he might be received if he ever decided to reveal himself.
BrownEyedGirl: Not sure. That would depend on why he was contacting me in the first place. I still haven't completely forgiven him. I've never been hurt like that, even by my ex-husband.
WhosYourDaddy: Maybe he's changed, grown up.
BrownEyedGirl: And maybe he hasn't. Once a cheater, always a cheater.
That's what I say.
WhosYourDaddy: You don't know that.
BrownEyedGirl: I don't think I could trust him again.
Unfortunately, this conversation preceded Mary's realization that she could be talking to Malcolm or she would've answered differently.
WhosYourDaddy: Poor Malcolm. He's missing out on so much.
BrownEyedGirl: Don't give me that. He brought it on himself. I might be divorced but I'm not desperate.
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WhosYourDaddy: I'd treat you better.
"Than
BrownEyedGirl: No. We lost touch when we graduated.
WhosYourDaddy: Do you know what became of him?
BrownEyedGirl: No idea.
WhosYourDaddy: You think about him sometimes, though, don't you?
BrownEyedGirl: Sometimes.
WhosYourDaddy: If you'd married him, maybe you'd still be married.
Maybe your kids would be his.
BrownEyedGirl: I doubt we would've made it. He cheated on me with Sherry Stewart. I caught them together in the bedroom at Dennis Marchant's house.
Broke my heart.
WhosYourDaddy: Only an idiot would cheat on someone as beautiful as you.
54
"Were you that idiot?" Sebastian asked and turned the page.
BrownEyedGirl: They got together after I broke up with him, but it didn't last long.
WhosYourDaddy: I met her once. She wasn't half as pretty as you.
BrownEyedGirl: Thanks. I never could understand what he saw in her.
WhosYourDaddy: She was a slut, and at that age, a guy thinks with his dick.
He's dealing with too many hormones to know when he's got a good thing.
BrownEyedGirl: Does that ever really change? LOL
WhosYourDaddy: I'd never risk losing someone like you, that's for sure.
Were you giving it up to Malcolm?
"You already know, don't you?" Sebastian said. "You just like thinking about it, talking about it."
BrownEyedGirl: You can guess the answer to that question.
WhosYourDaddy: You did.
BrownEyedGirl: It's not like I was easy. We were together for two years.
WhosYourDaddy: Would you make me wait that long before you let me touch you?
BrownEyedGirl: That depends.
WhosYourDaddy: On what?
BrownEyedGirl: On my level of trust.
55
WhosYourDaddy: You can trust me, babe.
BrownEyedGirl: I'd like to think so.
WhosYourDaddy: Do you ever talk to Sherry Stewart?
Sebastian checked his computer screen. Still no response from Malcolm.
BrownEyedGirl: Never. Not since that night.
WhosYourDaddy: What about your other friends from high school?
"Wondering what she's heard about you?" Sebastian asked. WhosYourDaddy was always probing. Sometimes it was just more subtle than at other times.
BrownEyedGirl: Not really. My best friend died of cancer while we were in college. That's when I realized I wanted something deeper than most of the people I'd hung out with in high school seemed to want. They were still partying on the weekends and screwing around. It was time for me to get serious about life. That's when I met Jimmy.
WhosYourDaddy: At UC Berkeley?
BrownEyedGirl: Yep.
WhosYourDaddy: Did you go back to San Antonio after college?
BrownEyedGirl: No, we stayed in California to be near his family.
WhosYourDaddy: So you haven't been to Texas in how long?
BrownEyedGirl: Years. My parents moved to Portland while I was at Berkeley, so there's never been any reason to go back.
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Fortunately, that was all true, so they didn't have to worry about Malcolm learning otherwise.
WhosYourDaddy: Don't you want to see Malcolm?
BrownEyedGirl: I don't even know if he's still there. Last I heard, his family was, but he'd moved on.
WhosYourDaddy: What if you were to hear from him? How would you react?
Sebastian had highlighted this part. It showed Malcolm throwing out more feelers, seeing how he might be received if he ever decided to reveal himself.
BrownEyedGirl: Not sure. That would depend on why he was contacting me in the first place. I still haven't completely forgiven him. I've never been hurt like that, even by my ex-husband.
WhosYourDaddy: Maybe he's changed, grown up.
BrownEyedGirl: And maybe he hasn't. Once a cheater, always a cheater.
That's what I say.
WhosYourDaddy: You don't know that.
BrownEyedGirl: I don't think I could trust him again.
Unfortunately, this conversation preceded Mary's realization that she could be talking to Malcolm or she would've answered differently.
WhosYourDaddy: Poor Malcolm. He's missing out on so much.
BrownEyedGirl: Don't give me that. He brought it on himself. I might be divorced but I'm not desperate.
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WhosYourDaddy: I'd treat you better.
"Than
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