There were fizzy droplets on his arm, and he lacked the proper motivation to wipe them away. In fact, everything…seemed to mean nothing to him.If he...had to wager in a guess, and if his memory served him right, it had been probably several weeks since he last bathed himself. If someone were to come to his apartment building at that very moment, they would be greeted with the stench that would put even a sumo wrestler to sleep in a matter of seconds.‘The Trashmaster’ his online friends called. Was a fantasy about to be realized?Alas, no. Waking up a bit more, I learned that what she was saying was “I want you to wake up and stay awake until I can get a cardiologist here. Your heart has been stopping for up to 15 seconds at a time.”The cardiologist arrived and diagnosed Sick Sinus Syndrome, where the sinoatrial (SA) node of the heart, its primary biological pacemaker that signals the heart to beat, stops working. There are backup mechanisms that will pace if this node fails, so I. .I would learn differently...I was greeted by Bill I thought of him as Bill and not Father never Father he would never have that honor not in my heart of hearts not ever... I was wrong about that too so very wrong...Bill told me we would be having a shopping day and he made me my breakfast all my favorites and he watched me wolf down my food I was hungry very hungry for some reason and I needed fuel for this day I needed to forget what he had done last night so I smiled and said thank you to. I’m so happy to see this Kim, again. Although I hadn’t realized this until recently, I really missed this Kim.”“If you’re not careful, Meka, I’m going to break our agreement about not getting intimate with each other, and that response could happen in seconds.” More quietly, but more intently, she finished with, “But thanks. I think I missed this Kim, too. I ... I...”She clenched her jaws tightly, obviously to keep from crying. Lana wrapped her up, then planted a loud, smoochy kiss on her.