" Audrey? I thought she was crazy about me?" Sorry to tell you this but she got over you." I wondered why she was so standoffish to me yesterday. I th...ught it was because I hadn't called her." She was initiated a few weeks ago. Technically there are four more but they have left the circle at their own request." You always had lots of girlfriends but never more than one at a time. How did this happen?" Tamara was the instigator. She invited the others into the circle and set the rules. The. I’m sure things would go back to normal with us.” Sam knew they wouldn’t.“No way. I’m putting my foot down on this.” Joyce drank half the glass in one swallow.“Well, just think about.” Sam stood and carried his plate into the kitchen. “Thanks for dinner, Mom. That was great. Now can we go up to my room?”“Again?” Joyce looked at the swelling in Sam’s pants.“Dad won’t be home for a while,” Sam said.Joyce finished off the glass of wine. “Okay.” She stood and took Sam’s hand. She’d clear the table. Then we would all be together again, just like I remember from before. I did remember: I remembered dad coming home all smelling like chemicals, his face all gray and tired and then, once he had changed and had a shower, he was my dad again. I remembered we all laughed a lot, and mom hardly ever got angry or cried like she does now a lot. And then it all changed. Dad went away, mom cried all the time and things were not so good anymore. Oh yes, I remembered.But finally it was three thirty and. Even though I had an umbrella my top was soaked, my hair falling out of my neat bun and tendrils sneaked out and hung loosely around my face and onto my chest.Wet wouldn’t have been such an issue but my top was white, and I have noticed that when I wear shear clothing the bus driver turns the air conditioner up making my nipples stick out like warheads.That particular day I had also wore my 4 inch heels that are typical hooker heels. Me being tall anyway I stood at about 6 feet with these.