Rosa smiled and shrugged thinking back to when she was seventeen and how full of life she'd been. Then it occurred to her that she was pretty active e...en now at thirty-eight and she laughed aloud.Knowing that Dutch was due any minute, she made two martinis, one for each of them, in order to prepare him for the news that Alice had given him and also to tell him about her on the job 'bonus'. Of course he had something to share with her as well, for she knew he was scheduled to meet with Van. The beds old mattress sagged and was covered with two soiled, rumpled sheets. There were two grimy pillows lying on the dirty, worn carpet. Cindy shook her head in disbelief and said, with a shudder, My god, guys, this is the worst place I have ever been in. Jerry replied, sternly, Well hell, mother, we are here, and the rooms paid for, so you are just going to have to put up with the, this one time, cause Larry and I arent going to waste any more time looking for another place to fuck you in.. Would it be looking at a girl across the quad again? Perhaps he felt guilty for eating too many sweets before bedtime. The Father chuckled lightly and waited for the naïve eighteen year old to speak."F... Father?" Tommy said slowly. "I'm in desperate need of confession Father?" You sound troubled my son, would you prefer to speak in the rectory?" Father Mulroney said."I feel better saying it here, if that's ok." Very well, take your time and ask away." The Father settled in; he had a feeling. He looked at the change in Veronica's demeanor and then back at me.Veronica was on edge the rest of the time. She covered fairly well but didn't talk much. She didn't have to. Dave was talking enough for everyone at the table. I've never seen him this happy. My brother the nerd getting the real girl.I needed to talk to Veronica alone but there wasn't a chance without looking secretive. It would just have to wait. I wasn't sure what I would tell her. I didn't know what to do. As soon as I.