" Now what does that mean?" she snorted."It means that you're aggressive, you don't take shit, and you can kick most guys' asses at sports, especially...basketball. Plus you're 6'3". You're intimidating." Don't intimidate you," she pointed out."I'm your best friend," I laughed. "I knew you when we were still both in diapers. And I know you're not nearly as tough as you like other people to think you are. And I taught you how to play basketball, so it doesn't bother me that you can now kick my ass. My mother helped with the privacy issue that I was bothered by. Often when I was home off the road, my mother would ask Mrs. Earle to stay with her and Dad. This worked out fine. For all of us."The day I took full title to the rig, Mom and Mrs. Earle cornered me and told me that Mona was dying. God, the guilt I felt for not noticing that Mona was sick was unbearable. There was a conspiracy among all three women to keep her condition from me. Even then, I was not told how sickly she was. They. You'd fell the endoscope moving into place but that would be no worse than a child moving during pregnancy. I can do you now if you like -it'll only take twenty minutes, a bit like getting a tooth filled.' Duncan laughed at his own joke.Philip looked to Rachael.She smiled encouragingly back at him and mouthed 'do it'.'Ok, yes please Duncan.'Duncan had been right. It didn't hurt and he did feel a strange wriggling inside him as the endoscope wormed it's way down to the bottom of his abdomen.. Stupid jerk thought it maybe meant I regretted what I'd done, that he and I might still be on. As if.We had a little chat in his room and I straightened him out. Told him he'd better watch his step from now on, else I'd tell his wife how he'd been chasing after a gorgeous young girl at work, buying her presents and stuff. And I'd tell the whole office about how I'd been teasing and leading him on just for a giggle. Make him a laughing stock around the place. He soon got the picture even though.