..hard to write from a smartphone. I've just opened this up so please feel free to add your own chapters!)It's mid December, which means your auditing...firm is neck-deep in work trying to close out the books for year end. You knew all year that this was coming, but that didn't make it suck any less. You haven't seen the sun for the past week or so, since you've been pulling 12-13 hour days. It's really starting to wear you down.As much as the job sucks, at least you've got some cool people doing. “Oh, Darryl, you didn’t have to; I could have bought these myself,” I said, feeling bad that he had used his money on me. He waved me off.“Don’t worry about it; I wanted to buy these for you. Besides, we are going to need a lot more toys, so it’s only fair that I buy some of them,” he said.“Do you wanna try these out right now?” I asked with a smirk on my lips. I’ve never seen him that excited.“Can we?” he asked. I nodded. “Yes!”He got out of his jacket, went to wash his hands, and then we. He and I can talk things out. I promise that all I will do is talk.’ ‘Don’t I have any say in the matter?’ I interjected. ‘Eve, your heart and body made up it’s mind some time ago. Your head and your outside world traditions are preventing you from seeing things clearly. You can lie, and deny that you love me all you want and as loudly as you want, no one will believe it, especially you.’ Blake gazed at me. In that moment, he did not seem the be an eighteen-year-old teenager. The look of his. Shortly Arlene, Jennie and Melissa, did the same thing as they scrambled into the back seat, slamming the doors against the deluge of wind-driven rain."I thought you would take the Expedition, or the other Escalade," Frank commented as they checked to see that the rest of the women were in the other vehicle."Oh, I would have," Jeff said, backing out and turning around, then waiting for the women's vehicle to begin moving before he started around the drive heading for the switchbacks. "I need to.