It had started innocently enough: "Hello, honey." What's the matter? Why are you crying?" A long pause."He WHAT?" A shorter pause."Oh my God, oh my Go...." Another pause."Can you all get here tonight? Do we need to come and get you? OK, OK,we'll stay up and wait. I love you. You're all going to be OK. I loveyou all, and your aunt does too."When Claire hung up the phone and turned to Melissa there were tears inher eyes. "Dan's left her. He admitted he's been having an affair formore than three. This weird guy seriously couldn’t take his eyes off of our shopping bags. I just don’t think Stevie really believed us when we said that’s what the guy was looking at.”“Well he should still at least get the look for not believing you when you said shopping bags,” I told this girl.Another chuckle, “Believe me he gets that plenty already.”“You mentioned that things were looking better for your cousin Erin. I’m glad,” strange I actually felt glad, “If you don’t mind me asking, oh, never mind. It’s. Did I just screw it all up? No, he reassured himself after a minute's reflection, he didn't think so. Connie was a fairly early riser, even on weekends, and probably hadn't wanted to wake him after he'd been so exhausted. Would she talk about what happened? He was willing to bet not, at least not right away. After analyzing the situation, and what he knew about Connie, he decided it was best to wait before talking, and certainly before confessing his feelings. If he told her now, he was sure. Kerrigan felt her face flush yet again as she re-arranged her skirt to accommodate the belt, which coincidentally held the buckled that the other four were to fasten into. With a bit of fumbling on both their parts, the harness had finally been fastened and tightened down snugly. By that point, the anxiety had been building and Kerrigan could feel her heartbeat thudding inside her chest, as if the organ were trying to force its way through. Her breaths grew shallow as she began to.