Ann got a guilty look on her face and said Bobby wanted her to cut down on things like this so she wouldn’t get fat. I was blowing on my fork full of food, supposedly to cool it down but really to buy a moment so I wouldn’t immediately declare my heart felt desire to castrate that scumbag.

Ann works out or goes running twice a day every day. She also teaches aerobics, and dances for several hours a night to make a living. She has the most amazing body and muscle definitions a woman can have and he thinks she is fat? I caught her looking at me to gauge my reaction. I have to be careful how I handle this.

“Ann, as far as I am concerned you are the sister I should have had growing up.” Need to think before I speak. “If I thought you were fat, horrible, or gross in any way, I would tell you and tease the Hell out of you about it in a heartbeat. The fact is that you have the most amazing body I have ever seen and that is all there is to it. You should have been a model on a catwalk for Victoria’s Secret. Has it ever occurred to you that sometimes you are too good to guys?”

She frowned “I try to be nice to people but I think that he wants too much from me sometimes.”

“Why are you with him? I never see him being nice to you. Never hear him compliment you on how you look, and never see him do anything for you.” Still trying to keep this light and not make her turn defensive and clam up. “He takes your money and booze, but I never see him buy anything for you. Why do you think he was fired from his last job, and for that matter how many jobs has he had? I have only known him for a few months and that was his third that I am aware of.” Bad memories of my own mom’s work record began to surface. “That is never a good sign.”

“I know I am not good at relationships with guys. Never have been.” Then trying to change the subject. “So what’s with you and Dave? I notice him trying to figure out how to flirt a little with you but when we get together you are always joined at the hip with Rico, and people never want to risk crossing Rico.” She gave a happy smile that was good to see. “You are the only woman anybody has ever seen him hug and hold on to. It’s obvious that the two of you are close.”

“It’s not like that with me and Rico and you know it.” Too bad, if he wasn’t both gay and acting like the proverbial big brother to me he would be the perfect man to have. “It’s just that I like being with him and we don’t get to see him often.”

After a minute. “So, do you really think Dave is interested in me?”

“Definitely.”

The next day Beverly chided me for letting one of my grades ‘slip’ as she calls it. I only got a ‘B’ on a single test for one of my remedial elective classes. ‘Really? I am taking more than is required for a full school load plus working for her in the office almost full time and she says something about my grades?’

I only swallowed hard and told her “I will try harder this semester.”

That is when I saw that enigmatic smile which means she has something planned for me. Something she will find personally amusing. I wonder if she is going to pimp me out again to ‘help one of her friends’. How many people does she know anyway?

“Am I going to help out someone again for you?”

“Yes, but that’s not the reason you need to keep your grades up.”

“Where am I going?”

“The week after next beginning on Wednesday, you need to go to work in my friend’s office as a receptionist. His usual assistant will give you three days of orientation then you will be there two more weeks as his assistant/receptionist. Any problems?”

“No Ma’am.” Yep, being pimped out again.

“Seriously you need to get all ‘A’s this semester. Do what you have to and make it happen. If you need help I will be there to advise you, but you need to do this on your own.” My Spidey senses are tingling, something is up.

I only look at her. “You’re not going to tell me what’s going on are you?”

“No, but if you do everything right it could work out well for you.” Then as she went back to her office she let drop that this was a realty lawyer’s office. She added that I should try to do a very good job because “You might need him soon.” With that parting remark she closed the door to her office before I could say anything. Her timing is always perfect.