I, I'm not sure I can keep doingthis, Zoey." I'll support you in your decision. If you want to stop, you can. If youwant to keep going, I'll be in you... corner. Lance, our friendship meansmore to me than this stupid bet. I know it's overwhelming. If it's toomuch, we can stop."Lance looked at Zoey and wiped his tears away. "I'm trying to be morelike Simone. More like you. When you're overwhelmed, you don't stop. Youpush forward. You told me how overwhelmed you are with the whole. "Hi 'Chelle, you ready to go?" James asked."Yeah... I guess so," she said."You don't sound too sure - you don't want to do this?" he asked."I'm... just a little... nervous is all," she said.James turned in his seat to face her. "Sweetheart, you know I love you more than anything and I would never do anything that would hurt you in any way. We are going to Houston, but if you don't want to go through with this dare at any point, you just say the word and it will stop. I can find something else. Noto us. I suddenly had the sensation that I was falling, that the bottomhad just fallen out of my life. The tears began to flow more freely.But I came back to my senses. And strangely, for a few seconds only, asense of relief swept over me. Without thinking about it, I suppose mytwo biggest fears were that Josh had been about to tell me that he wasseriously ill, or that he was having an affair and was about to leaveme. At least this was not the case. And that at least was a relief.Maybe what. " He raised his eyebrows, "I hope you'll like it." Bridal suite?" I stared at him. "What happened to the lake of fire and pitchforks and endless torments and stuff?" Huh?" He looked genuinely shocked. "I'm not sure," he said cautiously. Then he brightened, "But we do have a great brunch buffet, really, it's good. We call it the Bruffet. Are you hungry?" No, not really." Oh." He seemed sort of sad."Where is everyone?" I looked around and the place seemed deserted."Everyone?" He looked around.