I had never been away from Bill this long before, and I looked forward to our nightly phone calls to cheer me up. We had been married for close to eig...t years and in that time one learns to tell via subtle nuances in your partner's voice, just how well things are going. In this case Bill could see right through me and realized that I was not doing as fine as I pretended to be.I still had another four weeks to go and began dreading the thought of being without him for so long, that I would. A chain reaction of happenings that would transform that little macho,redhead into an alluring femme; a most romantic sentence for him andher openly gay nephew when they finally hooked up.At the last occult bookstore party, Auntie Irene noticed her Tommymingling close enough to smell the traces of marijuana the other boysmoked earlier. Then she caught Tommy following that cheeky machorascal from behind in order to see those flexing sexy boy buns!It was remarkable to watch her formerly. He didn't show up, and when I went to the cafeteria I saw him at a table with Mary Jo and Keith. I got my lunch and sat at the table with them. Rick didn't acknowledge my presence, but continued talking with Mary Jo. I chatted with Keith and a couple others of the gang then said I had some serious studying to do and left. By now, I knew I had really pissed Rick off, and that unless I came up with something brilliant I was going to be out of luck with him. For the next few days I pondered. ." we said at the same time. Then we laughed."I'm sorry for the things I said," I said sincerely."I'm sorry about my reaction too," she answered.I stood up. "Listen, I was out of line. You obviously can date anyone you want. I had no right to say those things about Dexter. He might be a great guy." Thank you again Robbie. He is a good guy... you'll see."Yeah, I'll see, I thought. "If you like him, I'll try to like him as well," I lied.A little tear showed in Cindy's eye. She wiped it away and.