Even I could tell that there was some tension between Joe and MaryAnn. I wondered what she meant about the gym in the afternoon.I expected to be the o...ly one in the gym the next morning, but when I arrived MaryAnn had Joe on the treadmill. She set me up on the circuit machines, increasing the weight on each by another five pounds."John, you're doing really well, soon you'll be catching up to Joe."I seriously doubted that, but took the compliment anyway. I think it was more of a dig at Joe than. ”It took a second to realize that she had started wrong. “No! No. No. No that’s not it. Let me start over.” She sighed and took a breath and closed her eyes to compose herself. When she opened her eyes, she smiled. “I love you, Tony. I’ve loved you for a long time. I want…to be with you. I’d like for you and I to have a real relationship.” She waited for his reaction, still worried he might get angry again like last time. But he smiled and looked at her like a patient father. “Sarah,. From what I can gather, she keeps what she finds toherself. So where are we meeting Brenda?" I said, changing the subject."In here," Helen said, pushing open the door to one of the classrooms."Brenda said she would be a few more minutes as she was experimentingwith a new look." We chatted to ourselves while we waited from Brenda to appear. It didn'ttake long before the door opened and a women in her mid twentiesappeared. It took me a minute to spot it was Brenda. "Well, you certainly look. Her eyes hardened like agates and she suddenly let herself down, lettingthe huge handle of the game fill her body to the brim. I suppose her angerallowed her to deal with the cool impersonal object impaling her, but I couldonly imagine what it felt like. Her eyes widened in shock and she shifted onthe console, obviously trying to deal with the awesome entrance. "Are you okay?" I asked, alarmed. She nodded. "Yes. It's just a little thicker and deeper than I was expecting." "You want to stop?".