‘Yes. It is good to hear your voice again,’ I replied. It was true. I had not heard the sweetness of her voice in over two years. ‘So what’s t...is about? Kat said it was urgent.’ ‘Marissa, if you remember everything about us, the love we had but never got to fully experience, then you know that’s why I needed to talk to you. I failed you once before and the resulting circumstances led to us being estranged. For two years I did nothing but suffer emotionally for what I ended up causing. No more.. The washing machine thumped and vibrated in its spin cycle as she withdrew her hand from the waistband of her sweatpants and wiped it on the pile of dirty clothes waiting their turn to be washed. She was alone.As much as she had hoped otherwise, the kitchen sink was still full of last night’s dishes. She sighed and swished a soapy rag around a tea glass as the hum of a mower came to life on the other side of the kitchen window. The lawn service had arrived.She’d never known the youth’s name,. She waited briefly before a waitress brushed by. ‘Just garb a seat anywhere, honey. Someone will be with you shortly,’ she said. Diana surveyed the room again. A row of booths were off to the right, the bar was to the left, and a few dining tables were scattered about in the center of the room. Diana found a seat at a small table towards to back, which gave her the view of the entire room. ‘Will anyone be joining you?’ a waitress asked as she gave her a menu. ‘Nope, just me,’ Diana said. ‘I’ll. ”It was Ryan, our neighbor. He was tall, fit, single, good looking, and in his forties. The women in the development, as well as a lot of the older teenage girls, creamed in their panties whenever they saw him, which was often; he was always out running or biking, and mowed his own yard and worked on his own cars in his driveway. I’d even caught Kim drooling over him on several occasions. Without waiting for a reply, he jumped the fence and strolled over to join our putative threesome.“I.