Quickly she got up and left the room as fast as she could. She hoped that nobody had seen her go, or would think that she was simply going to the ladi...s’ restroom. Halfway down the corridor, her feelings overcame her, and finding an empty office, she sat down and began to sob, tears coursing down her cheeks and dripping onto her skirt. She felt so alone and miserable, her life was an empty wilderness with no light on the horizon. In a welter of self pity she cried in the darkened room, alcohol. "Thirty-two! Let it ride on Thirty-two!" Tom cried. "I'm going to break this floating bank. At the same time, Hank watched two jackpots and a lemmon. "No! Just let me be a winner once!" "House wins!" the chips were racked in. "No more bets!" Frustated, the brothers went out to the deck. They noticed the stormy skies but didn't care. Hank looked over the rail at the choppy sea. "Thought we'd start this new year on easy street," Tom sighed. . ” Dave nodded in agreement. He got up and we stood Erin up. As we did, she mumbled something, but her eyes stayed closed. She was now on her feet but barely so and needed help to stand. I whispered into her ear “It’s okay baby, I’m just taking you to bed now.” She didn’t reply, and Dave bent down, hoisting Erin up over his shoulder. I took the lead, walking to our room with the lovebirds following. Once in our room I closed the door behind us and Dave dropped Erin onto her back on our bed. He. Needless to say, during the rest of that visit, nothing else happened.Fast forward a number of years until I was 14. By this time my aunt had an infant c***d and was divorced. As she was my mom’s youngest sister, we helped her find an apartment near us, bought her a used car and generally helped in any way we could. Her life appeared to be tough…very little spending money.I used to sleep over at my aunt’s apartment quite a bit, always on the couch and with no other motives. My only motive.