Middle-aged droning took place, and Dan and I were busy bustling in the kitchen preparing our part of the deal. I’d already taken the liberty of tak...ng a bit to drink beforehand, so I was feeling somewhat flexible when conversation arose.“Jasmine, pass me the bottle opener please...”“OK”OK, maybe not THAT flexible...“Shame Jake couldn’t make it I guess...”Pop went a bottle. Dan grunted in response.“Ah well, still got big sis to keep you company!”No reply. Charming...“You know, with you and. “ Not this way mom, turn around. SHOW ME YOUR BUM!” I said instantly recapitulating whether I really wanted to say that.Hearing my rather upfront instructions, she stood up,and looked me in the eyes. Only two inches shorter than me, her eyes locked with mine for an instant. Her gaze was fierce and her eyebrows were frowned. Then she slowly turned around and squatted over the toilet.Her delicate bum was now directly facing my feet while mom was quietly looking in the opposite direction as if. "He turned off his phone and put it on a nightstand next to his bed. Helied there for at least half an hour before sleep slowly began to claimhim. He let himself slowly drift off towards sleep, but just before thathappened he opened his eyes again. Gone were the walls of his room, and intheir place was never-ending darkness. His bed was gone too, and he stoodup quickly. Despite the lack of light, he was able to see himselfclearly,and in the distance he thought he saw another personAndrew: "hey!. . In any case mother, I'm going back to work tomorrow." His mother's conversation continued for a while longer until David said, "Sorry mother, got to finish now. My battleaxe of a nurse is telling me it's time for my bath." There's no way you're going to work tomorrow," Stephanie told him firmly."Stop giving me orders slave," David laughed, "Now pull out the phone plug and get into bed alongside me. You need some rest too. It's only eight o'clock but we can lie here for a bit and when you're.