In fact, you may not be able to get out of bed. We are going to need some wine and finger food. You know, stuff we can eat in bed.” “Eat in bed?�... he asked, still a little unsure of her direction. “Yes. Eat in bed,” she answered with a bright smile. “Things like grapes and cheese, maybe some strawberries.” He pulled up to the traffic light just before the turn into the grocery store parking lot, turned to her and said, “So, you are planning on spending the rest of the weekend in bed?” “I plan on. Her pain would be bearable knowing this.Leslie was watching her intently from across the table. Jessie smiled. "I'm okay, Les," she said. "Everything will be okay."Suddenly Don banged his fork on his nearly empty bottle of beer. Silence reigned as everyone turned to look at Don. He cleared his throat and stood."I asked you all here for a special reason," he said as he walked around the table toward Jessie. He patted Kasey's shoulder as he passed and she smiled.He stopped when he reached. .As soon as I got out there, the leader of the crew who had talked to mefirst came over. He said "M'am, I'm sorry if we caused you anyembarrassment. It was unintentional. We're all done now; can we show youhow to keep up your own pool maintenance?"So he led me over to the pool and showed me the intake and the drain andthe filters and explained about testing the water and what chemicals toput in and so on, and about skimming the bugs and leaves off once a day.He also gave me a little pamphlet. I'm sorry it has to be this way." Peter took one last breath and then relaxed. His death rattle was barely audible over the whimpering cries of Jennifer. A moment later all hell broke loose as machine after machine started wailing with alarms. Denise called "Code Blue" and started CPR. She knew it was for naught. Peter was dead; he'd have died much sooner if he hadn't been waiting to release Jennifer. Still, they had to go through the motions. Thankfully, she was able to escort Jennifer out of.