There was a happy babble by the two of them that I totally enjoyed listening to; so different from the droning business-speak I’d been involved in a...l week.I relished the happy sounds of the two women, and in doing so I realized how empty my life had been before they became my girlfriends. I kind of felt like a man who’d been dying of thirst for a long time but didn’t know it, until he came upon an oasis and realized what he’d been missing.I frequented the kitchen as Elsa and Cindy put away the. At least last year." Jane turned down the volume on the TV, and took the offered soda.Maura wrinkled her nose as she sat, pulling the hat off of her head. She smoothed her disarrayed hair as she looked over the selection. "Peanuts…protein at least…and…the rest seems to be an assortment of trans-fat and cholesterol." In the small room, she could feel the warmth of Jane's body next to her, and this time she didn't shy away. Maura picked at the peanut bag and asked herself what exactly she was. "Onslow pooed. "Whatever!" he crowed. "She got it and now we have it. The boys are history."A worm nagged at the base of my skull. And it wasn't the hangover. "Girlzzz," he had slurred, yesterday. Not girl, girls."Myriam," I said. "Myriam was in on it, too."He shrugged his shoulders."What do I know? What do I need to know, Pierson? Neither do you. They did it and we got it."I rose from my chair. The floor felt as if it were covered with plastic air bubbles. It made me wobble, but I went on. I. Sometimes she brought flowers andonce she brought her a little stuffed bear; mostly she just sat there whileJessica slept. When she was awake they talked and planned a huge weekend forafter she was completely recovered. Jessica saw her mother a few times whileshe was in the hospital; her father and sister never came.A couple weeks later she was discharged from the hospital with instructionsfrom the doctors to come back for a checkup. Lisa drove her home since hermother had become ill over the.