.. objectivity and reason had to be applied to this, as to any other problem.She pulled her feet up and sat back on her spine, doubling her knees and ...ugging them to her. In this position, she rocked back and forth for a moment. She could talk, now, and she began: "It was just awful, Donnie... what I saw... tonight! That's why I-I was so upset..."Donnie lounged back on the narrow bed, pulling his own knees up, as he lay on his side facing his sister. He looked up at her and said, "Yeah... I. Months went by until one night we had a party with not very many people. Everyone left and we sat on the couch watching T.V together quietly until she scooted over to me pressing her body against mine and put her head on my shoulder. I was kinda in shock because this was first un shy thing she had done since I knew her. I turned my head to look as her when suddenly she put her lips on mine and began kissing me. I felt her tongue slide into my mouth as she kissed me almost angry. Her hands went. I was too slow hobbling in those stupid boots, so Sheila abandoned meand raced to be near the phone in my office.I ran the gauntlet of the general office. Everybody was already at theirdesks, and everybody was curious about the stranger. The staring feltphysical. I adopted avatar mode, and ignoring all my aches and pains, Iswept though the general office like a catwalk model. I had my ownprivate office in my sights, and was about to get there, when Paulstepped in front of me blocking my. I let myself have three Scotch on the rocks every night between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Sometimes two, but never more than three. I felt like every time I had that third drink that one more would make things a little better, but I didn't want to wind up on 8th Street again.No one mentioned her name, but Percy and Bobby and several of the other more veteran officers of the bank made it a point to invite me out for dinner or to see a Sharks arena football game.Bobby would have taken me off the coast.