And finally I was curious as to whyhe was there. Jared had never spied on me while I was doing business, atleast to my knowledge."I didn't mean to," J...red said pleadingly, "It just kind of happened." What just 'kind of happened?'" I said, anger rising in my voice."Calm down, now," Arnie said placing a soft hand on my shoulder, "Myguess would be a boy at his age, the fascination would revolve aroundyour chest."Brushing his hand off, I turned to him and said, "Stop being cryptic. Youthink he was. Now I think, mostly I did it just to piss off Lisa. Jack not only didn't mind, he actually set up the date telling me he thought Javon deserved a try at being the daddy. I just rolled my eyes at that. It's been a couple of weeks since the party and I keep showing up negative. Luck of the dumb, I guess. For my last Javon fuck, I was most definitely on birth control.Riding back home in our little car seems like a new beginning in many ways. I don't know for sure what's ahead, but I feel like what. We are to lunch, and then attend a board meeting. The company solicitor and accountant will be there. You and I don’t have to give a report but there’ll be a progress report from everyone else. ‘That brother of mine’s a pest, he wanted to tease me. He said our luggage was on it way over so we wouldn’t have to go nude. Really, he’s a pest.’ Walking into the dining room at Deep Springs, they were not surprised to see Jack, the company solicitor, and Brian, the company accountant stand and welcome. Maybe I was asleep.A hand gently gripped my shoulder and gave me the tiniest of shakes.“Wha... ? What is it?” My voice sounded weak in that same big empty hall. I could hear it all croaky and hoarse and confused – just like Tara sounds like when she’s woken up from a deep, deep sleep.“It’s time for you to get moving.”The voice was gentle but I still didn’t recognize it. I had no idea who the woman was or where I was. I turned my head and looked towards the voice but my eyes weren’t working.