I said goodbye to Pam and walked through the doors to the arrival area, pushing my luggage on a cart. I saw Dad and Mom and headed towards them. Dad l...oked happy to see me, but Mom had a very sour look on her face. Dad shook my hand and welcomed me home.“So, the Prodigal Son returns,” my mom said with a sneer.“Nice to see you again, too,” I said frostily.“Judy!” my dad warned.It was going to be a long ride home.I pushed my cart outside and was happy when Dad asked Mom to go with him to get the. He walked slowly to his car parked out at the curb and put his two bags in the back and looked back at the front window. There was no sign of her. He got in the car and drove slowly away, not certain where he was going.Ingrid collapsed on the sofa and put her head back and let her breath go in a huge sigh. In a moment, the tears began to flow and shortly after she was racked with sobs. It began to dawn on her that she may have ended the best relationship she had ever had. The best she had ever. ...." - 2 -I woke to a pounding headache. Opening my eyes I saw two women in thedoorway of my apartment, locked in a very passionate embrace. One wastall, short-haired and athletically built, clad in black leathertrousers and an aviator's jacket: Marla.The petite woman in her arms was me.With that I looked down at my own body. And cried out."You're awake," said the redhead, breaking their clinch, "good. Wedidn't want to leave without saying goodbye." D...David?". Okay? And try, please try, to get some time off and come down to see me. Us. I meant us,’ he grinned cheekily. ‘Even if I get some time off, you want me to come down and work? I’ll think about it, kid.’ He gave me a quick hug and left. I went through the rest of my day pretty uneventfully. My clients were all athletes, so I never got the usual whine and complain routine that some of my colleagues got. At 5:40 I was done, and I drove home, still thinking about my conversation with Brad. I didn’t.