Mary motioned for Desiree to sit down on the couch to her right, as she handed Desiree a thick heavy book. ‘I know this is silly, but I can’t sto... thinking that I should have done better with Gabriel. He’s such a good boy, but he’s trying to carry the weight of the world on his shoulders. Sometimes I think he blames himself for my cancer coming back,’ Mary sighed and looked into Desiree’s eyes. ‘Give him time honey,’ she said gripping Desiree’s arm. ‘He’s as stubborn as his father, but give. “Mom I’m home, I’m in the den honey I’ll get you some cookies and iced tea. No, I’m going to do some homework later I’m going to change. After washing himself he put on shorts and headed to the den, Janet was still sitting there thinking.“Mom Terry and Ralph asked me about you today they said they thought you’d be great to party with again, what did they mean again”? She thought now how do I answer this, “mom did you guys party after I went to bed Friday night”? Again, she looked at him with no. Now please, take me to my new office in your headquarters.” The doctor stepped around the Colonel and, before the driver could open the car door, he got himself into the back seat. Dr. Lipscomb’s pleasant attitude set the Colonel on his toes initially. Col. Price said a quick prayer to himself and exhaled to the sky then followed the doctor into the backseat, waving the driver to not worry about the door but to get them all on the road.“I was going over your report from the raid on the. If there were just sex and no connection, then what would using one little extra word have mattered? But because there was this connection and closeness, then if we did label him ‘my boyfriend’, in one stroke we moved this closeness and connection to the next level.And that’s why Neil and I were both excited and frightened by the decision in front of us. Neil and I both wanted the positive, exciting things this would bring. The thought of me being on dates with Jason made my heart skip with.