"Thanks. Well, I guess I'll see you around - at the store at least."To break the uncomfortable silence that followed, Sandra asked, "So what is the pr...test about, anyway?" The strip mall they're wanting to build over at Greeley's woods. There's all kinds of other places to build it, and they want to cut down all the trees and stick it there."Sandra frowned. "I'd heard about it, but I didn't know that they were building it there." Though the spot had lost the distinction in recent years, during. I vaguely remember going back to his room and him kissing me, or… me kissing him? I wasn't sure. I do recall me pulling his shirt open and staring at his rippling abs. The next thing I remembered was waking up in his bed, naked under a sheet.Kurt and his luggage were gone. There was a large Manila business envelope on the table with a note explaining he had to catch an early flight. He instructed me to give the signed contract to Kevin. He went on to explain I passed out and he put me to bed.. And nine A.M.before Becky came to the phone. We talked for thirty minutes, about nothing, about everything. We talked again that afternoon and again on Sunday evening."What have you been doing?" Did you miss me?" Answer my question first" Missing you."Nothing of substance was said in the nearly two hours we spent on the telephone that day. We both knew we were repeating meaningless trivia, but we could not let go. We both knew we needed to study, but we couldn't let go. Eventually, we came to. He even told me why he raped you.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Blake paid him ten thousand to rape you and cut you. Blake wanted to hurt me and he used you.’ ‘I didn’t know. Blake paid the hospital bills in Vegas.’ ‘I know. They won’t hurt us ever again, Honey. You’re home now and you’re staying.’ ‘Jake said he’d be back if I came back.’ ‘Jake has a new address and so does Blake.’ ‘Where?’ ‘Forest Lawn. Seems they were in a freak car accident out in the desert. They both bled out slowly. It took hours.’ ‘You?’ ‘An.