Eric had decided I was too important to him to lose right now. He had put aside his cravings and lusts, and settled on blindly trusting me to make him...happy. And because he did that, he was happy, even though his other thoughts had kept him from realizing it. I fell asleep sure he would calm his mental storm enough to discover his happiness on his own.Suzi's own fondness of Eric grew also. Joey was friendly to him, and didn't seem to mind us spending time with Eric. But to Joey, Eric was just. I was lying curled up in a ball when she walked back in, when she saw meshe fell down beside me cradling my head in her arms. "Baby I am sosorry. I love you."I wrapped my arms around her and held on tight. "Fuck Lauren I love youso much." We lay together for ages, tears flowing down both our faces."I don't mean to say some of these things but you make me so angry."She was rubbing my face gently. "Its OK baby I just know that if youwould open your mind you would love Alecia as much as I do. You. "What's the matter, girls?" I asked."We can't get pregnant for a couple of weeks now," Belle moaned, through her tears."Can you forgive us, Dave?" Mel asked, as she sniffled back what was running out of her nose.They were on the patch and couldn't get pregnant, or at least that was the conventional wisdom, anyway. Just how powerful were those pheromones? Could they get pregnant even with their patches still active and in place? Apparently they had forgotten about the patches. They had certainly. Roger on the other hand didn't get greedy. Though he had nothing but distaste for the scary rat, he appreciated the opportunity only Lefty could have provided to create such a fantastic space to play out his true love. He laughed to himself when Lefty didn't bother counting the remaining stash to check Roger's money. Lefty caught the smile."I trust you kid. And I like you. We can find somebody else to work the door anytime, but you're the man that makes this place work. And you love it, don't.