"I thought you had that conference this weekend," said Dave."I wanted to remind you of how things happened after our last cruise," said Britney with a...smile."How did you get another ticket for Amber? And how did you get out of that L.A. gig?" We had this planned for months, Dave," said Amber."And here I thought we were going to be without you for a year," said Dave."Nope, not really going anywhere," said Amber. "Brit never had a conference, either." Damn, you guys are good." Just like after the. "Well, CSI: Miami was on on Monday and CSI:NY is on tonight, so it'sWednesday." You are such a nerd," Alex said, rolling her eyes. "Those shows are sostupid. There aren't any hot guys on them and there's dead bodies." Do you know nothing. The dead bodies are PART OF the show. And there arehot guys! My ABSOLUTE favorite is Carmine Giovinazzo. He's so hot and hehas a great personality. My second favorite is Adam Rodriguez. " Alexsnickered and laughed."How would you know if he has a great. Karen hugged Wendy, reassuring her lover of her support.“Can I ride in the ambulance with you?” Wendy asked.“It normally isn’t permitted.”“We’ll take you to the hospital, honey,” Karen offered.“I’ll call Mom and Dad to tell them about Jake. I’m sure they’ll want to go too.”Dan, Karen and Wendy were met in the parking lot by Brian, Barbra and the others. Scott and Vicky said they’d drive Diane, Brenda, Tina and Abby to the hospital after the game.Karen sat in the back seat of the Maxima,. ‘Why are you asking, anyway?’ She shrugged and sipped her beer. ‘My husband Jesse and his partner, had a small dealership and shop, just North of Houston. When he died, the partner became the sole owner and I was out in the cold. Actually the partner thought he was going to get me along with the business. He was a worse asshole than Jesse and I’d had enough of that. Anyway, to make a long story short, the business has been in trouble for a couple of years, ever since Jesse died. It’s for sale.