"Yes, something about drinking before you are technically allowed to does make it much more enjoyable" "EXACTLY!" she exclaimed, slapping my arm playf...lly, so then, where are we going to drink? I shook my head, wiping the smile off my face and trying to look serious, "no, this is a bad idea" "Oh?" she said, sounding mockingly surprised. Then I suppose you don't want this either?" she reached her hand in the same bag and pulled out a small fold of money and waved it in the air"Oh yeah, about. Not an easy task, I assure you. I on the other hand enjoyed my burger and fries. I even enjoyed the diet coke, which I had fewer of in those days due to my almost bleeding gut.With everyone, but me caught up, we continued our drive. I pulled Janet’s car into the highway rest stop to walk Mikah. Thia joined me to get away from Janet.“I’m feeling better, so I’m reconsidering the therapist, but it still might happen. I should tell you Janet is a little unstable. She told me the second night that. He could also tell that she was exasperating herself trying to keep up with his fast pace and long strides by the labored breathing and bulging veins on her body. When she finally broke and slowed down, Miles smirked and slowed, lightly jogging back over to check on her."You know... it’s hard... to check out a guy running at a dead sprint," exasperated words coming between her heavy breathing."I'm sorry. How about we try this again? Hi, I'm Miles, nice to meet you," extending his hand with a. ”“Me too,” added Maria. “Ainsely, this is Eric, my boyfriend I guess, well, one of my boyfriends anyway.” They all laughed.I quickly figured out this was not just some coincidental social encounter, so I ate as casually as possible but remained mentally on high alert. Maria was chattering away about Eric and her other men, filling me in on her extramarital history as though we were old friends. I had already heard about her paramours from Jack but was surprised at the detail she shared about.