It was 7:30 am; I called my best friend Eddy and told him that I needed him urgently.Eddy was my best friend since 10 years. He knew my wife and my ki...s very well. He was married and he also had two kids Josh his elder son (16) and Jenna his younger daughter (13). They used to come over every now and then. His wife worked in the local department store while he was a psychiatrist. His profession was going to come in handy now, I thought.After my office I went and met Eddy in his office. I didn’t. Was I that stupid? I made up my mind after that fucked up evening, I wasn’t going to date again for while.’ Sam’s voice became tentative, ‘When I woke up this morning, I remembered what happened last night. It bothered me a little — actually a lot. But I went about my business. Early this afternoon, I had just put the ribs into the oven for this evening’s barbeque when out of the blue, Alexis popped into my head. Her image hit me like a ton of bricks. I realized for the first time, I may never. Julie, get out of there. Run home and get some dry clothes and shoes for you friend. Jammies too, is sleepover. Troilus, show her to bathroom to wash feet and go get blanket. I make cocoa and do fireplace, then take care of mud.’ The kids went about their tasks. As Troy took Helen to show her where the bathroom was, she stopped, turned around, and ran up and hugged the old man around the waist, soaking the leg of his pants. ‘Thank you, Propappou. Nobody ever called me Helena before. It sounds. ..”“Your mom and dad seemed pretty cool about you having guys in here,” Paul was looking at the bed. Maybe it was left over from previous owners or something? Otherwise what kind of parents would get their sophomore daughter a double bed? King size even. And the room was down a corridor in this big apartment and nowhere near the living room where her parents were, so her parents’ ‘being in’ wasn’t quite how Mia had billed it.“Oh they trust me,” Mia followed his gaze, “and they don’t want to be.