By this time, Kay and I were laughing so hard, we were rolling on the floor. Tears were tracing down both our cheeks, and our sides ached.On the next ...eal, there was no passing of any cards. We had to play the cards we were dealt, and I had a loser of a hand. I ended up with the queen, which put a smile on Jake's face."Okay, Seanster, what's it to be?" he asked."Truth," I said.Jaimie jumped in with the question."Have you ever made out with a girl and done anything beyond kissing?" she asked. “The hours she spends, sitting in those headphones nodding her head playing along to something. She doesn’t even notice we’ve looked in half the time.”“Kimie is just the same!” Kimie’s mother chipped in with her anxieties, and they all had another drink while they shared their many fears for their young offspring. I smiled and sympathised, talked about channelling their energy, and by the time they left they were all relaxed about leaving their precious daughters in my house.An erratic bass. I break the kiss and ask, “Are you ready to go home now?” Rick replies, “Not yet. I haven’t managed to track down Kenny. We need to find him, say hello and thank him for having us over. After that, we can disappear into the night.” Slightly disappointed that we’re not leaving, I tell Rick I need to find a ladies room and he points me in the general direction. I am walking for a while, but I cannot find a restroom. This house is too big with too many rooms. It reminds me of that murder mystery. "Such a nice girl," Mrs Chivers enthused. "I believe you are a friend of her husband?"I told her that we had been in the same squad at Junior Leaders."He has got himself a good wife there. She will be a great help to him in his career." Without the slightest change in tone she said. "I hear your wife won't be joining you on camp?"Mrs Chivers had an intelligence network that would be envied by the CIA and MI5. How she knew that Miriam had refused to join me in Germany I cannot imagine; I had.