When she heard what was her body ask me aquestion, she knew immediately what happened. She was now a dog. Shewhimpered and tried to talk but only a b...rk came out.Queenie continued talking, "Master, it's me. I'm human now." The girltrapped inside the dog looked up with as much a human expression asshe could muster and put her front paws on my lap...she barked againtrying to say, "Nooooo....I'm in here....what happened?" But only barkscame out.I pet the dog that used to be Queenie behind the. She scoffed at herself. That was all bullshit. She was just scared and it was time to admit it. Surely she could gauge a time and call. If Dom couldn’t answer, he wouldn't, and she would leave a message. It was a phone call, for heaven's sake, not an international arms treaty. The really scary thing, she mused as the numbers floated by, was that she could probably fall in love with him. Lani knew she tended to overanalyze things and was trying very hard not to do that with Dom; in fact, she. And they never woke up.We were stunned and when we all met at the family home in Illinois, there were lots of tears, hugs and sharing of memories. It was strange, but Mom and Dad's death opened deep painful wounds in both of us, and yet seemed to heal us at the same time. Over the last six months it has been a rare three-day period where we haven't spoken on the phone or shared emails. We both discovered that while we were each living our own version of the American dream, it was not all. Steve stood there basking in my nakedness until I got really nervous. Slowly, Steve started unbuttoning his shirt, one at a time each button going through the hole until it fell open. Then he pulled it off his shoulders and let it slide down his arms and drop to the floor. As I watched I was so scared that I was trembling. My whole body was shaking."Here, let me do that for you," I said as I grabbed the hem of his tight fitting black t-shirt and lifted it up over his head exposing his smooth.