"I uh... subleased my apartment to a friend yesterday figuringI'd be back in West Virginia right now. I'm gong to need a few daysto find another place... I mean I guess I could ask my buddy I gave myplace to but --" No, here is fine," I said almost too quickly. I was ecstatic tohear Rick wanted to stay over. "Stay as long as you want. It's notlike I don't have room. Stay a year, two even."He smiled wearily. "Thanks, but I don't need that long. Besides youmight find having me around is more of a. "If it causes any inconvenience? As if going home was just a wish," she muttered and we walked up the steps from the platform to speak to someone in charge; it was 3pm, and I had no idea how to get back to London.Rhea and I queued up at the ticket office, but the solitary member of staff had dozens of people in front of us and he was awhile sorting everyone out. Rhea was furious and undid all the ropes that marked out the queueing lanes in spite. I was tempted to stop her, but no-one said. After I finished desert, we sat on the couch with our sweet tea. I felt pleasantly full and completely relaxed.Joey took a swig of his tea, sat the glass down and turned towards me. His face wore a serious look.“So where do we go from here,” he asked.In that instant I had an epiphany.“You know the world I live in, and you know my family’s expectations, but I want to be with you Joey. I trust you completely; so I’m leaving it up to you to make this work,” I said.Joey smiled, leaned over and. Says my sister Tina, "I just ran an analysis of the calendar for the last six months. Guess who wins the 'privacy block' prize?"I giggled. "If it was Cindy or Nikki, you wouldn't be asking me. and I personally don't know what the problem is. It's a perfectly lovely part of the relationship between a woman and her pet."The 'pet' part got 'er."Okay, you're forgiven." Especially since Jason and I pull Terri out so YOU can abuse poor Alan." Uh, that's a two-way street. Half the time, Terri's.