I know you love them. We, we'll always have them in common." My turn to nod. I turned back to face her. There was something in her look, but I wrote i... off to the exigencies of the moment. "Okay. I'll be out of the house by morning. I don't want it, the house. You and your lover can have it to play in." She sagged back into her chair. "Okay," she said. I turned to go, to leave. I stopped just shy of the door and turned once again. "We should've grown old together, Darla," I said. "It's what. Vic's been kinda, well, stand-offish lately. Like, she'll talk with meat school but the last couple of times that I've talked to her aboutgoing out on a date, she's always had some reason why she couldn't makeit that night.Mom managed to get me to go shopping with her today. I had to admit thatit wasn't as bad as I figured it would be. There was one embarrassingpart but I'll get to that in a minute. It was kinda fun just wanderingthru the stores, checking out the new styles, and noting how. There's something that needs to be discussed. You need to know about it. Abby, excuse me if I seem to bumble a bit, but this is hard."She glanced at his lap. "It sure is."Outwardly, he ignored her comment, but it flustered him further.'Deep breath. Deep breath. Cowboy up.'"I've put a high value on honesty and openness in deciding whether we belong together again, but I've been hiding something from you. It's something important and I debated telling you until I realized that I couldn't keep. " Do you really?" I said calmly as I shucked out of my long-tailed coat and tossed it toward a chair. I told her my name.She gasped, tumbled out of bed and ran to me, arms spread wide, nightgown flowing behind her. I gathered her in, answered her kisses and felt her sob and cry against my chest. "I need help, please, please," she sighed and then sobbed again. I patted her back as my trembling member filled and rose."Come, come," I said, leading her back to her bed, more than eager to have her..