I love you. Understand? I. LOVE. YOU! Please treat her as you did me this evening.Cathy"I sat up, holding the note. My life had taken on the unreality...of a romance novel. Looking at the clock, I noticed I slept two and a half hours later than normal, and I was craving coffee badly. Showered, dressed, and out the door, I made my way to the dining room. It was almost deserted this time of morning, but Leah was sitting there, sipping coffee, looking over some notes. We could have all left weeks. Once she’d recovered, Elaine had simply wanted to roll over and go to sleep, so Denise and Susan had let her, making a bedtime drink of hot chocolate and relaxing, feeling the love between them deepen, but though both were aware of Denise’s words from the previous night, neither had spoken openly of them. Now, in the wan Sunday morning light from the overcast sky outside, Susan brought it up. ‘Denise, you recall what you said just before you went to sleep Friday night?’ Denise blushed. She. Her glasses had slid down her pert nose, just enough so she could tilt her head and look at me over the top of them. She looked gorgeous, I thought, like a real woman instead of the teenage girl she so often pretended to be at home. I liked that for some reason and she reminded of my mom, actually."You have to give up Julie," Bambi told me. "I know Lisa talked to you about it, Trent. The time for sharing is over." But you said I didn't have to," I protested, whispering. "I love her." Mmmm...". "I didn't allow her anyduring my time, so." Enough! Please don't go there! I'm always here to help you study, andso is Sabrina?" said his mother, yanking it out and placing it down onthe tray. "Now seriously! Did you not study at all? How the hell couldyou get a 56?" Cause I'm a baby?" cringed Owen, picking it up again. "Babies aren'tso great at math, right?" I see," said his mother, nodding with a stern face as he stuffed itback in his mouth. "And babies shouldn't be giving their mommy.