I heard her moving around quickly through the phone.“We’ll be there to pick you up as soon as we finish the dishes.”“Steph,” Sam said, sudde...ly still, her voice overflowing with emotion. “I’m so glad we met.”“I know. Me, too. I’ll see you in a bit.” I hung up to find Mom smiling at me.“I know. Me, too?“ she teased.Mom must have thought Sam told me she loved me! I had to admit I could see falling for her.“It’s not what you think,” I said with heat rising in my face. “She just said she was glad. She quickly found a nice dark brown one and had him go try it on in the dressing room. When he came out, she had him stand in one spot to be inspected by her. She nodded her head as she walked around him as she tugged the Armani Collezioni cream colored shirt, until it was strait. With the shirt ready, she had him try the jacket on and then went through the ties and found a tie the same color with a diagonal cream thread about an inch apart. As he was standing there letting her tie the Brioni. She was only inches from her door way. She covered her mouthto keep the sobs of fear strangled within her chest. The tears cameharsh and salty; stinging her eyes and now, with all this emotion out,the true terror could grip her. She kneeled, her right hand on the guardrail of the landing. Her bodyconvulsed with the force of the sobs. Kim's mind turned to Ben and whathe had done to her. She agonized over why Ben had left her like this.Surely he must understand this is not what she wanted. . Her mother asked mine if she could stay with us on the Saturday night as she didn't want her to be by herself over night.My mother agreed and said to me that she would have to sleep in my room as mine was the only one with a spare bed and my older sister could sleep in my bed.But my sister hated Susie, I wasn't sure why, but she definity wasn't sleeping in the same room as her.My mother said well she will have to sleep with me if I am ok with it. I said I didn't mind if she didn't.Susie had.