That made me realize I had moved on. You and Dad had your own thing going. I felt like an intruder those 2 weeks." This seemed to relax Leslie a bit. ...he laid back on her pillow and contemplated. After a minute she said "Wonder if it will be like that when I go home at Christmas?" Alice placed her hand on Leslie's stomach and gently rubbed, this always calmed her, even when she was little. "It probably will, unless we catch Dad jerking to his porn again." They both laughed out loud. Their. She smoothed out a couple of wrinkles in my blanket and checked my IV."Fine," I said. "Is everything all right? How long have I been out?"She looked at her watch and said, "You've been asleep for almost thirty-six hours." You're kidding," I said."Actually," Daphne said, "you awoke after the surgery. You said something about getting a hamburger and then fell asleep."I shook my head. "I don't remember," I said."That's not unusual," she said. "I mean the not remembering ... not the excessive. Why can’t a member of the public read books in a public library without a note of approval? She took another sip of coffee and tried to rub away the pain behind her eyes. How am I going to read those books? Wilson is never going to give me approval for anything after expelling me, let alone the other two. She looked out the window at the gathering storm clouds which appeared almost totally black. She quickly finished off her coffee calculating that she should just make it home before it. We washed each other, kissing every so often. When we finished in the shower we dried each other and Katy went back to her room to dress while I dressed in my room. We met down in the kitchen for breakfast, and after we’d eaten, we gathered her things and loaded them into my car so that I could drive her to the airport.“I made the right decision,” Katy said. “And I came to the conclusion that it had to be just this once. At least for now. Remember your promise.”“Nobody will hear a word from me,.