She helped me put dinner together, did a mountain of homework, and has spent the last forty minutes entertaining Matt.”Dave looked back at Rachel. �...�Do you need to let Grace or Jack know you’re here?”“They know. I left a note. It’s taken me a year to learn to do that so they don’t worry about me.”“Well, you’re welcome to stay for dinner, especially since I gather you had a hand in putting it together. What is it, by the way?”Heather commented, “Meat lasagna with spinach pies as a side dish.. I was just as clean as she was after fifteen. I did have the advantage of my terrible butch haircut. I still had that androgynous look going. I imagined I was stuck with it. Someday I might let my hair grow out to a couple of inches but certainly no more.She at least had a cup of coffee waiting for me. I ate in my panties. I didn't even bother with a bra. There were two good reasons for it. I wasn't worried about sag and I kind of like the idea.Unlike me Wendy was in her shorts and sweat shirt. I pulled the folded hands she had restedagainst my tummy to my lips. I turned her palms to me; they were softand warm, and after I kissed them I pressed them to my cheek andsmiled. It felt so wonderfully good to be alive, and healthy and withMommy again. I wondered about the rest of my family, then. "Mommy?" Iasked, sitting up and turning to face her, still holding her hands. Inever wanted to let go of her. "Where's everyone else?"She sat up and smiled at me. "Mandy, Rita and Darryl are. I worked my ass off for the last couple of months, stayed in the office while my friends were out partying, lost the love of my life due to not finding the time for a relationship and the couple I'm renting my appartment from thinks about kicking me out of my beloved home because they wanna move in themselves.To clear my had and to gaze at the beatiful sea coast at dawn I had decided do take the long road home. It's just a couple of kilometers longer but the view ist stunning and ususally I.