We know each other too well. We could use the company."Jeremy could see Gayle's face flushing. She was backed into a corner. After a moment of hesitat...on, she said, "I suppose so." So," Jeanie asked, "Care to keep us company?" Sure, why not," he answered. If nothing else, it would be nice scenery, and every moment he spent with his ex's naked mother felt like jamming a needle into a voodoo doll of Nancy."Well, that settles that," Jeanie said. Gayle offered a nervous smile and a nod."Ready to go. She got it and glasses and we all had a good taste. Jasmine wondered “Horse, this is a pretty high class place. Should we be calling you Horse? Won't that lower you in some eyes? We have kept from naming you so far but it'll look strange if we don't call you something.” “ You're right, and I should have told you sooner. I go by my middle name in Sante Fe. It's Sam.” “ Just Sam? If we have to introduce you we can't as “Just Sam” can we?” “ I'll tell you, but you better not laugh. You did enough. "Oh how sweet," said Liz "Did you let on that you knew?" No, but I suggested we could have a fashion show together next time we go out shopping and both of us could try on the outfits," they both laughed again. "You should have seen his face, hecouldn't get out of the house quick enough this morning poor love." What will you do now?" Oh I'll get round to arranging something. It?s not a problem, in fact I think it?s really nice. It'll be like having a daughter, for ashort while anyway, and he. I don't remember anything until I woke up, on a bed, in a hospital room. I had a tube down my throat, another piercing the wall of my abdomen, and a third in my...well let's just say that going to the bathroom was no problem. I didn't hurt. I remember thinking that with all those wires and tubes coming off of and out of me, I should hurt like Hell. There was a pale blue curtain pulled around my bed. A nurses call button rested on the small brown table beside the bed. I couldn't see.