My own agony had found a soul mate. We hugged for the longest time. Each of us feeling the loss of a loved one, the same loved one. I cried. We cried...together. We shared our loss and drew strength from the other. I felt as if her mother was taking Susan’s emotional place in me for the moment. I felt comforted. The sun was setting. The long shadows of night threw their arms around us. We stood embraced for what seemed like an hour. Her tears wet my shirt and mine moistened her hair. Finally,. ",and hung up. Before he could unpause the game, his phone rang again. Thistime, Adam professed to being "busy" with "family stuff."Kelly suppressed the impulse to lay her hand on his forearm and said,"Listen. If you've got..." I'm not going to leave my sister home alone the first night she's here.There will be other parties."He really IS trying. I guess I should give him some credit.Rather then express her gratitude, Kelly professed to be hungry, askedAdam if she could get him anything, and. Do you... ? Is it okay?" he stuttered."Jason, do you know what happens here at the ranch after hours?" I asked."I was told ... by April ... people might not all be dressed. Completely," he said. I swear, the guy needed to sit down and have a drink. "I'll try, not to notice. Sir." Yeah. Good luck with that." I laughed, which didn't do a thing to put him at ease.April, Maggie, and Jason stuck around until about nine. Then Maggie and Jason left. They put clothes on first. April gave Jason an. He tried to persuade Sherry to go topless as well, but they compromised on the tank top. By lunch time they had put away all of their dishes, pots and pans and kitchen appliances. After lunch, they unpacked their canned and packaged food items and by mid-afternoon the kitchen was pretty much done. Next they headed to the bedroom to unpack their clothes and personal items. By early evening, most those things were put away and Tad broke down all of the boxes and stacked them in the garage. They.