Jack found himself at a crossroads. Clementine had finally made herself useful in keeping Jack from entering into a monogamous relationship with Effie. But he'd been wanting to use Effie to keep Clementine to himself. Only now Clementine was keeping him from getting Effie, which meant he could still have Addie, but if he was caught being a cheater, he'd be exposed as a jackass and that one-armed asshole would steal Clementine away. And then he'd have no one.

Jack was so lost in thought that he didn't even notice a crab crawl over his foot. This was truly his heroic blue screen of death.

There was only one option, wasn't there? He had to take Effie and keep her and maybe even marry her. It was the only way to keep Clementine.

Good God, how would he ever get Buffy now?

He swallowed had and looked at Effie. "Clementine would love you. All three of us could live together."

Somewhere deep inside of him, his untameable libido let out a cry of ultimate suffering.