I hadn't seen the Jones sisters in what felt like forever and repressed instantly the guilt that I'd failed to pursue our relationship past the occasional bumping intos and run acrosses we'd managed over the last year or so. Neither of them seemed put off by the fact we'd been hanging out in different circles, the delighted beaming smiles where once only dour judgment lived was proof enough to me they meant what Mary said.

"Ladies." I smiled right back, releasing them, ...