”Mary hugged me as tears flowed down her face.“Thank you, Davy, for thinking of me,” she murmured as I hugged her reassuringly.“Help me,” An...y grunted as she struggled to get Angie’s dead weight off her.I lifted Angie to the head of the bed, propping her up on pillows. Mary and Andy sat on each side of her, holding a hand. Lisa and I sat by her feet.You probably noticed I programmed Angie differently than I programmed Lisa. Particularly, I twice told Angie she would obey every command and be. ..” as maybe I’d misinterpreted something. “I mean we got to watch for subs.”Charlie at least quit chasing my chair.The four of us talked about the war, what bands were recording, how Tongue Point’s the end of the world. Charlie tried every line he could think of to get me interested in him, but ended up laughing at the silliness of his antics. Like they’d said, these guys get lonely, too.The other two ended up a good bit less lonely, though, it not so dark that I couldn’t tell that she’d moved. So he acquiesced.Elizabeth strode elegantly in front of him into the canteen and picked a table. As usual, there were a couple of people there but it was mostly empty. Stan picked up two coffees and sat with her."Our secret's out, you said?" Stan began. "Elaine told me. Hers too. I don't really mind, but I don't know about Denise, and I know Anne didn't want it to come out, at least, not yet." Well, you haven't really been that circumspect, have you? It's a small firm, everyone knows everyone. It was late in the summer when he went over to Kyle's house. Kyle's dad washome and said the boy would be home later..inviting him in.Kyle's Dad was a nice guy and often played kind of a Dad to Jerry too. His ownDad had abandoned the family when Jerry was real young....and he liked havingthe older man pay attention to him.He stripped to his underwear and jumped in the pool with the man as theywaited for Kyle.dripping wet he accepted Kyle's Dad towel drying him off and didn't objectwhen he was.