A very worn leather armchair was beside the hearth rail, a small table laden with a rum bottle and empty glass, part eaten packet of chocolate biscuit..., an ornately carved empty Meerschaum pipe on a clean ashtray and no sign of being used. A 30” TV dominated the room from it’s corner. The window cill, the bulky oak sideboard, a set of shelves, part of the dining table had given up space for photograph after photograph, some in elaborate frames, some in plain simple black frames and some in. Move west down Ventura Boulevard. And all the bad boys are standin’ in the shadows. And the good girls are home with broken hearts. Now I’m free! Free fallin’! Yeah I’m free! Free fallin’ Whoa-oo-Whoa…”] Fraud Department: “Fraud Department, this is Lucy.” Me: “Hi, Lucy. I’d like to report a stolen card.” After five minutes of going over questions about timelines and possible culprits, Lucy had one final question: “Would you be willing to testify in court?” Testify in court? That meant that when. “You really do have gorgeous red hair, Helen.”She smiled, put her free hand around my waist, and pulled herself to me. "You told me that the other day."“That’s right I did.”Then she pulled her body against me and whispered in my ear, “I love to give head, too.”I almost choked on my wine and said, “Do you really?”“I know that must shock you, but I just had to tell you. It will save a lot of time. And I’m in a hurry to get you into bed.”Helen was either extremely honest and always said what she. But something special was lost for her when Kate walked out the door. If it was anything like the hole I felt in my heart, I had to find Wendy and comfort her.I ran to our bedroom upstairs in near panic to tell Melody and Lissa that I had to go find Wendy. All three girls were cuddled together in the middle of the big bed, crying quietly. They heard me come in and before I could turn to go, all three held out their arms to me.That was it. There was no more restraint. We cried. We cried most of.