At the end of this last evening, when the guests had left, I recall crawling around, collecting the money from the floor. It was not enough to pay the...debt but drunkenly I reminded Brian of his earlier promise.‘I don’t know about that,’ said Brian.‘Fuck you,’ I said. ‘I will not come back then.’‘That won’t happen,’ said Brian, confidently and he invited me to look at the photos lined on his mantle. I had not seen them all day, so was surprised that they stood out. And then, I saw that they were. I ladled my usual amount of water on the stones and we sat down together on the lower bench, with Kara between Joyce and me.“Steve, why didn’t you make love with Joyce last night when I offered?” Kara asked.“Because neither Joyce nor I felt it was right. You ended things between Joyce and me and restarting them after what just happened didn’t feel right to either of us.”“It would have been OK, Steve,” Kara sighed.“No, it wouldn’t have,” Joyce said. “It would have changed the relationship again,. Neck, thigh. I was highly distracted, and I broke the point on my pencil.“Darn it!”“Use this one,” Lisa said, giving me hers. “Talk it though.”“Y ... equals ... two x minus three.”“Yes!” Lisa said.“By George, she’s got it!” Eddie said.He threw his arm around my shoulder again and pulled me to him, kissing me on the head. Lisa didn’t like that. She reached across and grabbed my other shoulder, pulling me in the opposite direction, so I cuddled against her. She kissed me, too, and she put both. ' I managed not to smile and she went on. 'I'm going to find an apartment and we can work at this together. Will you help me choose a car?' Didn't like the way she used the words 'work' and 'together'.'What kinda car you got in mind?' She thought for a minute.'I've always wanted a red one.'Gee, that narrows the field down some.'Shit, I was glad to have her outa the place, tell the truth. I never been one for waking up with the same person day after day. She was a real surprise though. Look at.