" I wouldn't know. I never had kids." Well, I don't know how to explain it. Something like 'momma moves out' and 'the woman' moves back in. Does that ...ound sensible?" It sure does. Lucky you! I've seen so many of my friends transform from lovely women into mousy mommas, and most of them never go back, even when the kids move out." I do think Mary is on the move. We'll se. Give her some time." I wish I could inspire Claus to give me an Alfa Romeo." Talking of Claus. How did he react to your. Keeping herself on a dose that would allow her to function must have been a skill she easily mastered. I pulled her to me and kissed her.“I’m sorry. But, if you were being used like that, why did you come to be trained by me? Why not go to the….co” I stopped…she couldn’t go to the police. Tory was a Police Sergeant. “I saw you put my dad in his place one time. It was during a dinner party, and he was being an ass, even my mom could see it. You said something like ‘Tory, I think you can cut. It’s been three days since you’ve left and I miss you desperately. So I decided a couple days ago to meet you over the weekend to surprise you. I’ve been thinking about this exact moment for the last few days. Knowing the warm waves were washing over your body while you were swimming and me almost feeling the sand hot next to your skin wishing selfishly I was the sand. All of this driving me crazy but I wanted everything to be perfect until I could really touch you. So I busied myself by. Monday and Hepzibah were still an item, and he was looking better, not that he had ever looked healthy in the first place, holed up in that stinky apartment playing video games all the time.A couple weeks later I got a call from an unknown number. As usual, I let it go to voicemail because fuck those fucking robocalls. After a minute my phone notified me that they had left a voicemail. I entered my password and waited for the usual robotic voice telling me the IRS was coming for me if I didn’t.