The man jumped, staring at me for a moment before smiling."Welcome back!"I frowned. "I didn't go anywhere."He shrugged. "I guess to you you didn't. Bu... to me it looked like you were stoned out of your mind, sleeping with your eyes open or something of the sort. Kind of like being hypnotized. It took the pain away though, didn't it?"I stared at him, not sure what I was hearing. The man was completely insane. "Can I get something to eat?" Sorry, kiddo. Not until that stuff leaves your system.. ‘The funeral’s tomorrow,’ Dani said. ‘Do you want me to go?’ She could tell from his tone that going to Ben’s funeral was the last thing he wanted to do. ‘You don’t have to, but could you stay with the girls so I can go?’ she said. ‘I’m their father, Dani, not a babysitter. Of course I’ll be here. Just remember, I have to leave for work at four.’ ‘I know,’ Dani said. She couldn’t believe that getting to work on time seemed more important to him than the fact that she had lost her oldest friend.. Tia was wearing white knee high socks with heels, a short pleated skirt that stopped midway on her thin thighs and a white shirt with a ribbon bowtie in her collar. Both girls had their long dark hair pulled up in cute pigtails. Kimi had her hair in pink ribbons, while her sister had hers up in cute big sunflower ties. I eagerly invited them inside and Kimi began to introduce her sister to me. Pleased to meet you., I said kissing her small hand and trying to use my best charm. "He's the one I. ”I wasn’t sure but what the longer we lived together, the worse it got. One played off another and seemed devoted to outdoing everyone else. And add to my five roommates, Mary and Eva, who seemed to be over to ‘study’ every night that week.And forget about painting. “You’re so selfish. I need you.”A guy needs a little recovery time between forays into the mine field of menstruating girlfriends. I called Derek and we got together for a latte Wednesday afternoon.“How can you stand it?” Derek.