If the water comes in, we can go up in the loft. The water will never get that high.’ She had finished the salmon. ‘How about a Kellogg’s Krave ...nack bar? The ecstasy of chocolate sinfully embracing the nutrition, minerals, calcium, and protein.’ ‘Oh, yeah! Ecstasy, I like the sound of that. You should make a commercial.’ ‘Somebody already did. That’s what it says.’ He handed her one. She unwrapped it slowly and began to nibble seductively on the end as if she were intentionally teasing him, so. " I began to say, not really sure where I was going, before I was interrupted."Whoa Kelly, looks like you were right about the bet. Who's the clown?" said my brother Bud as he swung into the scene and pulled Officer Dan off of me. Apparently he had been watching all the action from the foot of the stairs, and had decided this was the time to intervene. It really was brave, or stupid, of him to push it one step farther, saying, "You can't talk to my sister that way." Then, to lighten the mood,. I toss her ‘Hi,’ back to her. ‘You know, if we were four booths down I’d be getting some real déjà vu right now.’ ‘Yeah.’ She takes a sip of water, then looks around the room. ‘It’s hard to believe it’s been so long. It feels like it was just yesterday.’ ‘Really? If anything, I think it feels like longer than it actually has been. A lifetime.’ She sighs. ‘In some ways, I guess.’ She seems about to say something more, but just takes another sip. What’s she so nervous about? ‘So,’ I try starting. "The waitress from the bar?" I said finally, shocked when Heather nodded. "You and... but I thought you hated her!" I do now," Heather said quickly. "But when I first started working at the bar, she was nice... and she was so free with everything. God, I envied her. I knew what she was doing was wrong, but she seemed so at ease with herself... so alive!" What happened?" I asked, remembering how there had seemed to be so much hatred between the two of them."She got out of control, both with me.