He went back up to the party and everyone had gathered to watch Christian blow out his candle. Renee had him in her lap and blew out his little candle after everyone had sung Happy Birthday to him. Jesse watched her as she unwrapped Christian’s gifts for him and let him see them all. He noticed that Patrick was standing closer to her now. He didn’t really know Patrick as he was married to one of the women that were in Renee’s group, but he was damn sure going to find out about him.
Throughout the remainder of the party, Jesse watched Patrick as he touched Renee here and there. She would always pull back from him and smile politely, but she didn’t look comfortable. She hadn’t said anything to him about it, though. Once the party was over, and everyone had packed up, Renee put Christian in
