Patsy called Garry the next day and told him I had a date with Diane Bates and she was sure I would like her.I did and for two more years Diane and I ...ere constant lovers, Gary and Patsy were the same. We spent many days on a blanket fucking side by side at Lake Purdy near Birmingham. Patsy could get her brothers car when ever she wanted, he was in the navy and it was stored in an old garage facing the alley behind her home.Any time one of the girls could not go out with us the other would take. The front door was far more solid than the flimsy door that she had broken.She tried the handle. Locked! She hopped back to the living room and sat on the sofa pondering her next step.She was still lost in thought when she heard a key rattling in the front door. She jumped up and hunkered down behind the sofa hoping to make a break for it when the door opened.It was a very angry looking Alexander. His right ear was heavily bandaged. He was carrying a bag of groceries a new laptop and a gun. He. He came up to me, and put a hand on my shoulder. "What will you do,then, Elizabeth? Go on as you are until you suffer a breakdown, or tryto kill yourself, again? How much pain are you willing to live with?" I can't hurt them. I'm sorry. I just can't Maybe I'm just a cowardafraid of change. But I can't." All right, child. Go in peace."I fled the store.Once I was in the mall proper, I cursed myself as I ran away from thestore. Finally, I found a handy bench, and collapsed onto it, andheedless of. Lucky for the Earth, the planetary curve took affect, meaning that it was rising higher and higher instead of staying parallel to the ground. By the time it had cleared Earth’s atmosphere, its diameter had stabilized to a dense few miles and was shooting through space as a compact laser.“Impossible!” Gabriel gasped as everyone got to his or her feet, in awe at the destruction that had been brought forth.Baltoh turned to Abaddon and released another roar of anger, charging a blast to maximum.