="excerpttext">Carly gave her mother a droll look. &#8220;Are you trying to tell me you are not sleeping with that man?&#8221;</p>
<p class="excerpttext">Charlotte petted Mr. Jingles head. &#8220;I didn&#8217;t say that. But he does perform legitimate services. I didn&#8217;t think you&#8217;d mind.&#8221;</p>
<p class="excerpttext">Right. More likely Charlotte had expected to talk her into letting him stay, which in fact she&#8217;d done, more because Carly lacked the will to fight with her mother with the