?"I kissed her delicate shoulder and answered. "Yes." I ... I think I did ... did something horrible."I sat up and looked down at her. Tears were surg...ng from her eyes. "What? Tell me."She glanced down and I looked back at the doorway from where she had come. I started to get up, to go look and she grabbed my hand. "No. Don't."I stopped and looked back at her. I was on a knee, ready to stand and she was sitting on the floor holding my hand to her chest. The fear in her eyes was plain to see. I. ’ She heard the door close and breathed a sigh of relief. ‘Casey, you have to leave. Go out the back door.’ He gave her a look of disbelief. ‘Please, I’m begging you.’ ‘Fine, but this isn’t through!’ He stomped out of the shower, dressed and left through the back door. Brook washed herself off as quickly as possible and got dressed. She quickly opened the door and ran smack into Will. She looked up in utter horror. This whole visit had been to see Will acting confident and self-aware and she. Her folks had about forty acres of orchard, mostly prunes and peaches, with enough apple trees to provide an inexhaustible supply of fruit for pies. I was amazed at the number of different ways Annie's mom could make apple pie. The plan when they bought the property was to work out a deal with a winery for them to plant and maintain vineyards, so all her dad would have to do is fish and collect an annual check depending on market price of grapes and the yield for that year. Debra, Annie's mom,. I'll think about it," she answered confusing him entirely. Darlene parted the window a little more, peeking out once again, though this time without the binoculars. "Oh, you should enjoy this," she said stepping away inviting him over.Like a kid being told he could choose any toy he wanted off the shelf, Nick stepped back towards the window, the binoculars already coming up to his eyes as he did."Damn!" he said though his mind was saying, "fuck!" I thought you might enjoy that," Darlene said.