Sabrina and Alyssa were outside smoking, and Crystal, no longer a wallflower, immediately joined them. Jess immediately greeted Shelly and Melanie in the kitchen. They were talking to Katie who, as coincidence would have it, had gone to high school with Shelly but was a couple years behind. Rita and Kat both stayed close to me, talking excitedly.

"I'm so curious about the wives," Kat said.

"It's so sexy that a few of them have decided to party," Rita said.

"I see who you have your eyes on, daddy," Kat said.

"Huh?" I said, not realizing I had been staring at Melanie.

"She's really pretty," Rita whispered to me. "I...