I picked up on that and asked 'What, anything ?' She smiled sweetly and repeated "Anything' in such a way as to make me smile - but I thought that my...imagination was running away with me. She left the room and I went back to reading the paper. A couple of days later and my recovery was coming along well - although I still had a broken leg to all intents and purposes - I had a metal plate and screws in the leg after the surgery and was wearing a sports brace. I couldn't stand on the leg but. When she'd explained the background of their situation, she'd been terrified by Jerry's open hostility. Most of the session had been devoted to working out acceptable rules for living together. Jerry had insisted that she "never pollute my room," but then he was also willing to make all sorts of agreements about his language and what he would say. They'd spent the last two days like what Jerry called "new cellies" and aside from eating together they didn't see each other.Jerry had spent the. I was embarrassed, but as time went by, I was beginning to get used to it. Danielle warned me not to flirt or make eye contact as it would give the wrong impression to them.At each store Danielle explained to the clerks that I was unable to speak and that she would do all the talking for me. She liked to joke that I was a ?dumb? blonde in the true sense of the word. I didn?t find this very funny but it seemed to get a laugh from all the clerks. ?We?re almost finished, Melissa, but I do have. When I pulled into the parking lot the place was already packed. I looked at the drink at it was still half full. I parked and then turned to the EX and told her to bottoms up the glass so we could go inside. She tried twice then three times to finish it but it was a very strong drink. Finally she got to the bottom of the large glass and I went around and helped her out of the car. I helped her walk inside and she had a pretty far off look in her face. She was not close to passing out but she.