Brooke and Janice both looked at me. "Her!" I gasped. "It can't be her, but it's the right name. God, I have tried hard to forget her. It was just too...painful to remember that last day."Janice put her arm around me. "What are you talking about honey?"I sighed and looked over at my wife. What I was about to say should not hurt the relationship, but I was still scared. "She was my fiancée once. God, we were high school sweethearts!"Janice stiffened just a little at the news and then looked at me.. ’ ‘Why now?’ She and Ben hadn’t been close, but they’d been friends. She’d never had any interest in dating him, nor he her, as far as she knew. ‘Well, you know.’ Lydia reached for a tray. ‘His injury, your injury. You both must know what it’s like to go through something difficult like that. That’s not an experience everyone shares.’ ‘Um, yeah.’ Connie had an ugly suspicion where the conversation was heading, and hoped she was wrong. ‘Simon is very handsome.’ What is it with the non sequiturs?. "Roger, is that really necessary?" Mrs. Levine asked."I hope it isn't," he said, smiling. "I'm not trying to threaten you or anything, Meredith, but it comes down to one thing: it's your party. And what happens here is your responsibility. I don't know if all this is a good idea, so I'll trust your judgment, but that means you've got to make sure it stays a good idea. And if things start getting out of hand, you need to get in and put a stop to it. We'll help you if you need it, but it all. )"Pete..." I jumped a foot, guiltily, and Bonnie smirked a bit before finishing the question, "what's your CAP score?" I don't care!" Mona declared staunchly, sticking her head around the door behind Bonnie."I know you don't, um, Pussy Cat..." I replied."See?" Bonnie insisted, "He's not stupid -- untutored, but not stupid! He didn't call you Whiskers..." Bonnie drew a finger across her upper lip and I got it -- Italian girls sometimes grow a little fur there. Personally, I think it's cute....