. you're my only real friend and you're, like, mybrother... or sister... or... you know..." I know." John kissed his big friend's cheek. "Do you mind ...f I stayhere a while?"Ed moved to the side and laid with his back against the windowedwall, pulling John tightly up against him. "Stay as long as youwant." He kissed the back of John's head and whispered, "And remember- we all love you. Even Nancy and your mom. We all love you."Sometime after four-thirty that morning, Ed's eyes opened again.. Driving after her, it was not that long. A bit more than a few km, but still. And on the way I was be driving anyway. She lives in a small house, sort of outside a small village. Not to far, but still so one had ones peace and quiet, and no nosy neighbours. Once inside, offering to be a gentleman, I help her take of her coat. Revealing all black sexy skirt blouse combination, showing a tad of cleavage. A nice one to that. Very figure revealing, showing of her feminine curves. A simple white. That she’s used to not having him around anyway, and all that, but I could tell she was really disappointed.”I sat for a while with my head in my hands. It seemed like her dad hadn’t changed after all. I wondered how Julie really felt about it. In some ways her relationship with me had paralleled her parents’ troubles. I wondered how she would take this new event. Would she be better or worse for it?“So then she left,” Lara finished.“Did you ever talk about you and her?”“No. I’m not sure it’ll. "When I graduated, there was a Business Futures Brief with an article that someone with deep pockets on Callisto was interested in re-starting the ship yard here. A century ago, this station turned out some impressive small and medium sized ships, all custom jobs. When I got here, I learned it was a classic bait and switch. There was no such person. There was no deep well of money, but there were plenty of pocked plates on the frame of the station that needed filling."The waitress came with two.