I don’t know how it works. All I know is that what happened when she helped me get dressed to go to the hospital ... it was a good thing.”Mindy lo...ked at her daughter. Jennifer hadn’t said anything about helping get anyone dressed. She’d just said she shouted at him and he fell in the pool and didn’t come up. It was Jennifer’s belief that she’d scared him, and he’d hit his head on something ... or something.“Come with me,” she said to her daughter. “It appears we have more to discuss.”“He was. You do the math. I did not have to wait too long that late afternoon for the next ride, a college girl in a VW bug driving less than an hour to her off-campus room in Cedar City. LaVerne was maybe a little older than I was. We chatted and flirted. She thought I was cute. Her roommate was gone for the weekend. She invited me in for a student-quality spaghetti dinner and cheap red jug wine. I sang for my meal. She poured more wine. ‘I’ll have you know, I imported this Gallo burgundy all the way. "The captain came back and added to his complaints...Flashback – Ben – Back at the BTR 80The 'ball and chain' comment from Masha got me laughing again, even though I really didn't feel any better. Oh I knew when Masha looked it up there was going to be hell to pay. But fuck, I'd just killed a friendly and figured it couldn't be any worse than what I felt right now. I was sitting on the floor and had been looking at the front of the fucked-up BTR 80. The Captain came back, continued to act just. He didn’t know that I loved him, had always loved him. I hesitated. What would he say if I told him? What would Kyle, the rogue’s rogue say if a woman told him she loved him? He might run like hell. Or he might…oh, hell. Only one way to find out. I told him. Kyle looked completely baffled by that statement. You know when someone tells you they love you and they say they don’t care whether or not you feel the same way? Don’t believe them. Everyone wants to hear that the person they love feels.