’I picked up my water bottle (lots of bottled waters left at every 7-11 store) and took a swig.The woman — at least I assumed she was a woman from...her long locks and the dress that she was wearing — was getting close enough now that I could start to discern her features. She seemed, even at this distance, somewhat familiar. Maybe it was the way that she walked. She was the first other living person that I had seen in the two months since the great collapse.Oddly enough, although the people who. .what's that?What is it? No, tell me straight to my face, look at me. Now startagain." Mmm, my lover, you deserved that kiss. And this is only our fourth get-together under the new rules. When? Tomorrow's good, just don't back out.I know, you always do what you say and you keep your promises. I love youfor it, Dave. I know what you really need. No, not that, that's what youwant but there's a difference. Scoot back, lie back, get your headagainst the headboard. Yes, like that, now let me hold. . I don't know quite how to say it, but not having a mother has made things abit difficult for me." Oh I know Peter, I know," the older woman said sympathetically, laying her hand onher young nephew's thigh in a motherly sort of way.Marilyn wasn't quite sure what was happening to her but for the past few momentsshe had begun to feel sort of different, it was almost as if she had had a few drinksbut not quite, it was a different sort of feeling, one that she couldn't quite identify.Suddenly. I was a bit surprised when I told Heather about the dinner plans and she seemed excited. I know Heather likes John, but she finds some of his habits annoying, like bringing a different woman out to meet us each time. “Who is it this time?” she asked me, frowning. I told her he was going to bring Stacey, a paralegal at the office. “He’s fucking the help now, is he?” Heather asked. “I guess they are spending some time together. They don’t advertise at work so I don’t really know,” I said,.