The grape leaves rustled. All around us, steely blue skyscrapers lurched into the darkness. We were in the heart of the city, and yet it was quiet and...green and the lights were soft. So we talked. “You know what always amazed me about you?” I started, feeling emboldened by the alcohol. “Hmm… my relentless and naïve devotion to virginity?” The glint in her eye – it was like she winked at me without winking. I coughed a laugh and had to cover my mouth. “Okay, that too,” I said catching my breath,. “Okay, thank you for being honest with me. I guess that’s why you’ve been so reticent to move back to Phoenix,” she said.“Partly, I suppose,” I said.“Partly?”“Yes,” I said. “The problem with my daughter, and Nathan and his gift giving, and memories of Henrietta: It’s a lot of things.”“Honey, you and I are one now. We, the both of us, need to focus on each other. I’ve got some bad memories too. And, now I, we’ve, got this disease that could kill us and not in a good way. Neither of us need to be. Her skin tickled with the tender kisses that complimented her. It took some time to realize that Marta's other hand was sliding slowly up Amelia's side, beneath her baggy hoodie. Amelia jumped slightly and blushed. Marta stopped kissing her flesh and smiled.“Stand,” She said softly.“... What?” Amelia said, in more fear than confusion. Marta stood up and pulled Amelia up with her. The ex-prostitutes skilled hands pulled the hoodie over the other girl's head. Standing there, exposed, the young. When he said everything looked good to him, he congratulated me, and told me it would take at least five weeks to process everything and cut a check. He also told me, the Lottery Commission would contact me when the check was ready for pickup. He said to call, if I hadn’t heard from them in six weeks.That surprised me for I thought I would be getting the check that day. Bummer! They explained everything else on the web page. Why didn’t they mention that? Maybe I just missed it.We had lunch.