. I’m looking at them’ and started to laugh. She gave me a naughty smile and said ‘wat u looking at ? Huh’. I was like ‘mami wat else can I ...ook at, now don’t ask me to get into the details’. She then said ‘hmm.. Boy u has grown up’.. I replied ‘long time back, it’s just that u noticed it now’. Continuing I said ‘ waise maami u hasn’t changed.. ure as pretty as any other girl.. u has done a lot to maintain ureself.. haven’t you ?’. She was like ‘oh common, don’t be flirtatious with me, I know u. Yesterday, I got a big shock.I was at the rehab center visiting my wife. She forgot her cell phone and asked me to go home to get it. For no particular reason, I drove by Baxter’s on the way. I was surprised to see that Sandra’s car was there and so was Baxter’s. Hmmmmm, I thought. I wonder if something is going on.I quietly opened the unlocked back door and went inside. I heard voices coming from the living room. I cautiously looked around the corner.Baxter is sitting naked on the couch. His. We all talked to her, stroked her hands and face and legs, trying to comfort her or ourselves, I’m still not sure. Her mouth hung open as she labored to breathe, and we counted down the minutes. A nurse came in and removed the heart monitor from her finger, and lowered the rails on either side of the bed. My mom muttered a line from one of Greatma’s favorite songs… ‘Don’t fence me in..’ Slowly, her mouth began to shut. We all watched in awe, still waiting. Finally, it closed completely, and. " No demerits." Freddie put her arm around Beth's waist as Beth turned outthe lights. "But sometimes it's hard."Beth kissed the top of her head as strolled down the hall. "I know, Baby. Iwish it got easier." You mean it doesn't when you get to do what you want?"Beth laughed as they turned for the stairs. "I'll let you in on a littlesecret. No one gets to do just what they want. At least not all the time.There are always other people to be considered, making demands. Andchoices? That just means.