We all sat back and let our meal digest.Aileen walked in from the kitchen. "If it's okay, I'd like to talk to the girls alone."I shrugged. "Sure. But ...hy?"Brian answered. "It's just girl talk. I have something I'd like to talk to you about, too."I nodded, and my two slaves followed her into the bedroom. Aileen closed the door.Brian put his elbows on the polished wood table, and propped his head on his hands. "So, tell me. How did you meet Vonda and Pyx?"I ended up telling him my life story.. Good reasons. Wise reasons. But then again, they haven’t exactly stopped either of us, have they? Maybe the only actual solution is time.Eventually, no matter how long we conspire to drag this out, I have to go back home. And then what? I can’t ask Kathryn to go with me unless she decides to leave Bill, and despite her frustration — which is only going to increase if he’s away as much as he says he’s going to be — I don’t see that happening. Things would have to get a lot worse between them,. Perhaps he would never bring it up. Maybe his sickness would serve as a wake up call and she would straighten herself out on her own. He could only pray. Janice didn’t like to be lectured to, as if she was one of her own elementary school students. But she forced herself to calm down and look squarely at the complete situation. Her terrible behavior, Jim’s confinement to bed and she realized that if she took any offense at Jim’s behavior, it would be one of the all time dumb things to do. She. “I think you know everyone,” Angela said as they all sat. Adrian introduced Robin to everyone. Bill shot Adrian a glance and motioned him to meet at the bar. “Excuse me,” Adrian said as he got up. “You’re an asshole!” Bill said as he held up his drink. “What? Why?” Adrian smiled. “Don’t!” Bill shook his head. “You bring the sexiest woman to the party, and you didn’t tell me? You’re an asshole.” “I didn’t think she would come,” Adrian said as he looked at Robin talking to the other people. They.