Our home is different from most. The front door and the garage door are at the street level. Once in the front door, you turn left for our parent's be...room, or right for the other three bedrooms. If you walk straightforward; there is a two-story four-foot wide semi-spiral staircase that leads down to the living room, kitchen and dining room. The living room can be made very large by simply moving a few pieces of furniture to the left or right. We have an exit hidden behind the kitchen that. If this condo of yours is as big as you say it is, then maybe you should invite them to your home instead of you going to theirs. Maybe we could have everyone get together and you could introduce your girlfriend to everyone. I don't know. I don't want to tell you how to live your life. But keep it in mind." Thank mom." Now honey, keep exercising. I'm proud of you for keeping healthy; you know what happened to your grandfather. You don't want to end up like him." I remember mom." He was a great. Hecan't destroy our lives anymore?" A pause. "Anyone's?"I shook my head. "Nope, and we have a plan if you are interested. Butit may be a bit illegal..."Maury stared at Penny. "Don't even think about it."She looked at me. "I'm listening."Epilogue.I was sitting in the backyard. It had been two years since Maury hadtried to capture me for the third time. Penny was over, she had moved tobe closer to me, to help manage the addiction we both had. We haddiscussed many times breaking the. I mean. Ask yourself. I was only trying the sandals on to see if they went ok, which they did. I got to her place around 7.30 because two could play the keep the other waiting and guessing game and I was good at it. When she opened the door, she said, ‘Shit, I thought we’d said 8.’ Okay – so I wasn’t as good at it as she was but there you go. Emily invited me in and kissed me on the cheek. She was wearing a pair of shabby jeans and white silk blouse and I had a feeling that she’d known what.