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“So, are you ever going to tell the soon-to-be deputy you hired to babysit that she is your sister?”

Rainey laughed. “I think she knows. She said she was glad that Constance wasn’t her mother.”

“I’m glad you warned Constance not to say anything. She surely would have let the cat out of the bag by now.”

“It’s not my mother that I’m worried about,” Rainey said. “It’s Weather that’s going to give it away. She keeps calling Wendy, Nee-Nee.”

“You know you’re going to have to tell her.”

Rainey knew that. She also knew why she had to tell Wendy King who she really was. The conversation would go something like this. “Because we share DNA, your life is in danger. Welcome to Rainey’s world.”

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“May I see your license?” The patrolman asked.

“Yes, officer. Here you go.”

“May I ask why you’re pulled off the road here?” The officer moved the beam of his big flashlight over the passenger area of the box van.

“I ran out of gas. My gauge isn’t working. My roommate is bringing some out to me right now.”

The rain started coming down heavier. The officer, not seeing any reason to be suspicious, handed the driver’s license back through the window.

“You stay inside until your friend comes. It’s dangerous to stand out by the road. I’ll check back by here in a bit, make sure you got along all right. Stay safe.”

“Thank you. I will.”

The man watched the officer walk back to his patrol car and drive away, before he opened the laptop again to resume watching the evening’s choice of entertainment. A person wearing a lapel camera carried a tray of hors d’oeuvres through a party of only women.

“Now, where were we Agent Sexy?”

Lambda Literary Award Finalist, R. E. Bradshaw, a native of North Carolina and a proud Tar Heel, now makes her home in Oklahoma with her wife of 25 years. She is the proud mother of Jon, a very fine young man raised by lesbians. (Authors note: “Bite me, Family Research Council.”) Holding a Master of Performing Arts degree, Bradshaw worked in professional theatre and taught University and High School classes, leaving both professions to write full-time in 2010. She continues to be one of the best selling lesbian fiction authors on Amazon.com.