Ecstatic. This was nofantasy. This was reality, and there was nothing virtual about it."Mommy, I can undress myself!" I complained, looking back over ...yshoulder, "I'm not a baby, you know!!" You're my baby," she replied offhand, her words bringing on an eerieburst of d?j? vu, "now stop wriggling your hips and hold still." BeforeI could consider the Twilight Zone implications of her last remark, Ifelt her fingers looping through the waistband of my thong. A rush ofgooseflesh spilled over my bare. "Nope, she'd be upset if I didn't." Your wife is dead?" Yes, she left me two years ago. She left me in body, but she is still with me in my mind. She was the most kind, gentle person who was ever born. When I need to make a decision I'll ask her and she guides me. She didn't fail me when she was with me and so far she hasn't failed me now that she isn't here." Is that why you are helping me?" Not really. I do some things on my own. Things that I know she would approve of. This is one of them.. I would have to say the evening started out promising. The food was good, and both Patty and Laura went out of their way to try to make Dale and Eddie feel welcomed and among friends.Patty had been married for about nine years, having two sons during the course of the union. Like all three of her brothers, she had put her own business interests ahead of her marital and family responsibilities.In her case, her husband had retaliated against her inattentiveness by entering into a long series of. Now you might be in trouble because of my mistake." Marcus just shook his head. "Oh boy." He gulped, glancing from the worried looking Angel to the sky then back again. "What's going to happen?" Angel shrugged, still looking rather nervous. "I haven't got a clue." Then suddenly lighting flashed again. This time though it seemed to hit Marcus. His whole world exploded into light and confusion, then just as quickly shifted back to normal. Normal except for the fact that he was staring right.