.., she started to say but I cut her off. "Babe," then I leaned over, smiled and kissed her as warmly as I could and softly said, "Honey, it's ok, rea...ly, why don't you go ahead and tell him you'll meet him there? Then just go and have a nice evening together and whatever happens, it's ok." She sat back silently and searched my eyes again trying to make sure I was serious. She seemed a little flustered and just whispered, "Really? I mean, do you want me to? Are you sure?" I reached for the. I decided that learning to cope with the changes was going to be my enemy. The way to handle it was to go slowly. I had thought that every one of those four previous days. I decided that I needed an easier way to get to the stores. It was twenty miles to the Walmart store where Lucy shopped, so that was my goal.I did my internet research and learned that I needed a drivers license even for a small gasoline scooter. So I had started to study the laws necessary for me to get a license. For the. I was hung over...seriously hung over. As my eyelids fluttered, I flinched at the brightness in the room. It was probably mid-afternoon by now. I had been up drinking until at least four in the morning. But hey...that's what you're supposed to do in Vegas, right?I slowly sat up, noting that the pounding in my head got worse as I did so. My breath was awful. I could smell it as I breathed in and out. It smelled like a week-old dead fish, combined with the stink of an ashtray.I flung the covers. "How are you this morning? Did you sleep OK?" Yes, I slept pretty darn good, given what I've been through the past few days." Maybe you needed it." Yeah, I guess I did," I replied.I heard Ruby get out of the bed and work her way up behind me. She wrapped her arms around me, her nipples poking me tenderly in the back, her fingers interlacing just above my navel. She rested her chin on my shoulder."I was so worried about you," she said softly. "Sometimes it was like you weren't even there." I'm.