.. but all that was there was an empty space, echoing the emptiness I sometimes feel inside. I closed my eyes, and forced myself to go to sleep, overr...ding the emotional pain that I felt.In my dream, we were together, somewhere. It was dark, and we were inside, sitting in front of a roaring fireplace, no other lights in the room. A bottle of wine was next to us, and we were laughing and talking. The firelight danced in your eyes, and on your lips. Your lips invited me to kiss them, which I did,. If I had to have the pistol, I could go under the sweatshirt for it. It might cost me a millisecond, but I wasn't too worried about milliseconds since I was the new me."Hey girl," I said to Sylvia when she entered the rear door almost an hour later."Well hello to you, how are you doing?" she asked standing in the kitchen."I'm fine but would be better if you made some coffee. I seem to have lost the knack," I said smiling."Bullshit you are just lazy," she commented."Maybe," I agreed.. Just punish me. And it wasn?t her who set off the fire alarm either. It was me.? ?Well, I am pleased to see that you finally had the decency to own up to your disgraceful behaviour,? said Miss Taylor. ?All the same, Tiffany allowed you to smoke and drink in her room. That is unacceptable behaviour on her part and she must be punished for it. Tiffany Morris, you will receive 6 strokes of the cane as a punishment for neglecting your duties. Linda Marshall, you will receive 6 strokes for setting. " Thanks, Sharon. I'll call you in a couple of days." Bye, sweetheart."I had a couple more drinks, then went into the bedroom, wrapped myself in Jazz's bathrobe and lay down on the bed. The next thing I knew it was daylight. I looked at the clock to see it was 11 AM, still plenty of time to get done what I needed to.As I went to get in my car all of a sudden I was surrounded by TV reporters."How does it feel to get out of the hospital?" What are you going to do now?" What about Lauren St..