Should I get dressed and leave? Thankfully, before I made a decision she returned with a bottle of wine and two glasses. “Can you stay the night?”...I smiled and said of course….not quite sure what I was going to say if anyone at work noticed I hadn’t changed my shirt the next day. We had a glass of wine, chatting about how good the sex had been. Maggie suddenly got serious, and said “I haven’t had sex with anyone other than Barry since we met”, and then after a few moment “Fuck him……….if he can. Whether you succeed depends a great dealon your resources - both external and internal. Dealing with the internal resources first, how adaptable a person are you?When faced with great stress, can you keep going? Without this ability,your chances of success drop considerably. Secondly, what kind of external resources do you have? Do you have family,friends ? Are they able to believe in your transformation, and will theystand by you? Your chances of success increase greatly if you have thiskind. " You wanna go visit your friend first?" Xenia asked."Yeah," he said. "If you don't mind." You want us to come with you?" Belinda asked."You're my bitches now, aren't you?" he asked them. "Of course I want you to come with me. We'll be quick."They walked to the elevator and had to wait another twenty minutes before being able to board one of the cars. The trip up to the fiftieth floor took another ten minutes. They emerged into a sterile hallway and followed the signs to the Nephrology. Poonam picked up the phone in a second and Reema asked her if she had got any call or missed call from her in-laws, Poonam told her that there was just a message on the landline saying that they were in some village for the marriage and they won’t be in coverage area till tomorrow afternoon. Reema told her that she had forgotten her Jacket at our home and could collect it anytime, and Poonam checked with Reema what we were doing and why we did not go to sleep yet. Reema told her that we weren’t.