" I said starting to pull the dryer out so I could start disconnecting it. "Well Dennis, I'll leave you to it. I'm going to take a quick shower, and w...en I'm done I'll bring you down a cold beer."Ok, thanks Deb." I reply. I grab my adjustable wrench out of my tool bag and wiggle my way to the back of the dryer. I hear Debbie walking on the floor above me, followed by the bathroom door closing. I start by turning off the gas valve, as I start to loosen the gas hose from the back of the dryer I. He came in and took one look at me, then asked, "Are you okay?" He seemed concerned not just asking in passing. I must have looked even more like hell, I thought."When I get the grease in me, I will be," I said.The ten minute meal took me half an hour to get down. The drugs were suppressing whatever appetite I had managed to recover before the accident. Shit it looked like I would have to buy even smaller clothes.I sat on the sofa with my coffee still trying to clear my head. "I have to pick up. So far it hadn't happened, but I was trying hard.Ari had been gone on a four-day trip to San Francisco and she and Charles had flown in at four that afternoon and had gone directly from the airport to his house. Tomorrow there was going to be a pool party at his house and the plan was for me to meet Ari there and spend the weekend. Then Monday Ari and I were going to take off for a week and spend some time together where we could be alone.I suppose the easiest thing for me to do would have been. Go then with your aunts and receive instruction from them until you are sent for. And know that while innocence of youth may enter with you, it will not leave with you."Then she stepped over to Jills line and asked; "Who comes before me and why do you undergo the Rite?"Jill looked kind of meekly at her and said; "I am Jillian Amona Anderson. I am summoned by scripture and by law that I may marry. I am sixteen yesterday." Do your aunts verify your age and your purpose?" Asked the High.