That’s right, ET.” I’m in a limousine with Matt and Andrew, we’re on our way to a private screening of a new film on Fifth Avenue. Andrew insi...ts that Matt should attend more movie premiers. “It’s cheap publicity,” he says. “Whatever,” retorts Matt. I, for one, am excited about attending a premiere, for I have never been to one. I went shopping with Bianca this afternoon and bought a sexy red dress made of silk at Barney’s. I feel like a femme fatale in it. Matt and I are sitting on either side. . Since when did you start going to church?”“Long story. But it was just Unitarian.”“You really met her in a fucking church?”“Well, I don’t think even the Untarians have any ‘fucking churches’ in Lawrenceville, Georgia, but that’s sure-nuff where I met Peggy and Tad.”“I sure-to-God never saw anything like that in any goddamned church!”“Yeah? When were YOU in a church?”“Okay. Not that often. But anyway, that young woman is way out of your league, m’boy!”“I think you’re right about that. But,. I told her all about coming of age in the 1970's. She laughed when I related the trauma of switching my car stereo from 8-track to cassette (no hybrid systems in those days) and having to re-stock my entire music library. She wondered at a world with no cell phones, no cordless phones and only the rare television with a remote control.We talked about my days in the Marines, meeting Maria and our life together. She understood my loss, my confusion. She never once doubted my love and devotion. Oh, she'd accept his presence, even embrace it as he took her to a crashing orgasm, maybe more than one, but later, she'd realize his solemn promise wasn't solemn at all, wasn't even a promise, and she'd become angry and fearful again.So, when Nora started to rouse, he connected with his mother. She, too, was asleep. Would she accept his ghostly embrace as she'd accepted it for so many years? Or had her relationship with Joe reached a point where she'd reject him? He hadn't tested her resolve.