Within minutes he was smiling and laughing with everyone else at the table. I stopped eating for a few moments and just felt. I closed my eyes and cou...d feel the distinct energy from each person in the room. When I felt Brad I could feel the fear he held on to, fear that he had lost his brother, fear he would be alone. When we were finished eating Beth took charge. She went into the kitchen and had Veronica and Liz with her. She told Mike to get Ali on the couch and comfortable. Brad and Phil. ”“Fuck you. Liked him a bit. Well, not really. Well, liked him enough to be able to fulfill my fantasy of a photo shoot with a latex covered dick. Shit, I don’t know. I must be crazy.”Stacey grimaced and waved her hand exasperated, “Crazy as shit you may be but…Ok girl. Tell you what, a bet alright. I’ll sign on right now. If he’s there and wants to talk, great, you talk and plot and stalk and…shit whatever. If not, that’s it. Gonna erase your hard drive to get rid of the password for that. I reached over Reinie's shoulder and tried to pull Sandra toward us. I could feel the tautness in her body which suddenly slackened as she fell across both me and Reinie. We were literally one fucking mess of bodies.Sandra was practically crying. She bawled out, "But, he IS mine, you just don't know how it is!"Reinie kept going, but was hearing Sandra. "Well," she answered, "I guess I happened onto something, didn't I? Oh, don't worry, if you're that upset, I'll ask permission next time.. It's been almost four months since... since Tabitha and I split up... and in that time, it's like I'm a faucet that's been shut off at the source. No matter how many times I turn the handle, there's nothing coming out."She avoids looking at me directly. She knows how much this hurts me... still... For weeks after our last fight, I was stuck in an emotional funk. It didn't help that I had seen it coming for weeks and weeks prior, I had stuck it out, hoping to find something to turn things.