." Miriam began carefully."Oh, there's trouble, all right," Bernice replied. "He tried to explain it to me. He says that when you guys got together, h... did some things and said some things that were -- I dunno -- a game? An experiment? Anyway, for him, it was something he could do at the time -- but he can't keep it up. But from what he says, you're going to want it or need it all the time..." Oh." Miriam sat staring at the floor, the phone to her ear."He feels bad. He said things seemed. Our time was up, and my husband paid the lovely ladies. His left and moved on. Mine joined us at our table for a drink. She could not get enough of me. At first I had thought this was all an act, and that she was just doing her job - which was to make all the customers feel special. But then I started talking to her. I found out her background and how she was new at dancing. She was older than I thought, and we talked to each other as if girlfriends on a lunch date. She leaned over to me as. Looks like it should be about 25 minutes, I will be a little late but not too bad he thought to himself as he turned on some music and got on the road. He was almost half way there when his phone chirped again. "Just got here, I'm going to jump in the shower. knock twice then come in just in case im not done :)" "Can do! gps says I'm 15 mins out" "Great, I need to freshen up quick :)" Charlie turned up his music and cruised on, the traffic wasn't bad and maybe it was just his mood but every. But would Ben talk to her? He hadn't been very accommodating to her that night.Just then they pulled into the driveway. The car had barely stopped when her brothers had their doors open and were moving towards the house. The father had always insisted that Sunday was a family day, so they always spent the day quietly at home, just the family. When they were younger, they did things together—at least the kids and their mother—but as they got older, they began to do their own things.This day was.