‘I’m surprised you remembered me,’ I blurted out, then winced at the remark. I was certain my neck was now as red as my face. His eyebrows shot ...p in surprise and he gave me a curious look. ‘How could I forget you?’ he asked lightly. I managed to refrain from asking if he meant it. Obviously he was teasing. He surprised me by leaning in conspiratorially. ‘Don’t tell Daniel,’ he said quietly, his breath tickling my bare shoulder. ‘But I don’t enjoy weddings all that much, particularly when I. Even as I felt the sadness, I stood apart from it, not allowing myself to believe it true, not letting myself accept that my mother was telling the truth. "No!" I screamed. "No! She's not dead! No!" Oh, Penelope ... I'm so, so sorry..." Mom cried into my neck. "I'm so sorry..." No!" I screamed that word over and over until my throat had become too thick to speak. My eyes were on fire, my body thick, my mind heavy, and I felt utterly lost, not myself.We went to the hospital where she'd been. .Really pissed me off.I needed to get her a distraction from the boredom.I had been chatting with a guy on AFF for about a year.He and I were big on the Patriot's and we played in some fantasy football.We were both very competitive.He like so many men on AFF was a married kinky guy with a not interested wife.10 years younger than us and 2 new k" d's.He was however very grammar correct and a bit bratty just like my Debby.One night when his family was out of town we decided to meet him for drinks. However, she was suddenly embarrassed when she heard some sniggering at the other end of the phone. “Are you alone, Laura?” Jeannie asked in a worried tone.“No,” Laura replied shortly. “Emma and Katie are here as we are going out afterwards.”Jeannie was horrified that Laura was scolding her pretty much in front of her friends and thought how embarrassing it was going to be seeing them again when they knew Laura had told her off like that.The call ended after she made several profuse apologies.