The night wore on and virtually every drop of alcohol was drained from the house. Rich decided most of us were too wasted to find our ways home, so h... opened up his extra rooms and couches to us. In what everybody took to be a chaste show of friendship, Shirley and I curled up on the couch."This was fun," she muttered, phasing into sleep."Yeah," I agreed."I love you," she added, head virtually buried into my chest."I love you too," I cooed. The lights had been turned out. Everyone else had. One benefit of having her as my assistant was, when I had to tackle something new like this, I was guaranteed support.“Alright everyone,” Ted, who was standing on the table next to me, said, his hands making settle down gestures. “I know a lot of rumors have been circling around since we opened the new facilities outside of Houston. I’m sorry we’ve left you guys in the dark for so long, but we wanted to make sure we knew what our full plan was before we made any announcements. Well, we now know. " You don't have a bunch of shit happening to you and mom, even thou she has in the past, but since meeting you, she don't have all the shit coming at her like she did have." That is cause we stop and waigh the pros and cons before we decide on what rout to go." Can you teach me how to do that?" Yes I can if you talk to me before you just do, like you do a lot." I know and I'm sorry for it to." That's all water under the bridge."We talked some more before we got off the phone and then I called. "Aunty Iris, about that minute?" "Oh, yes, of course, darlings. Forget I was ever here." Aunt Iris backs out of the doorway. Then she pops straight back in again. “Oh, William? I’ll get that Nutella out of your sister’s Smart car for Ashley, shall I?”Is she fucking kidding me?Will gives her a thumbs-up from between my legs and I just want the ground to open up and swallow me whole."I'll see that no one interrupts you,” Aunt Iris says. “Carry on as you were." She backs out of the bathroom,.