After all, she is your mother and just because she works a lot does not mean she does not care about you. She visits you regularly, doesn't she?"The g...rls nodded."See! Let's focus on realistic goals. I will offer to take you again next summer and we'll go from there." But that's almost a year!" Megan whined but Pat had understood him."Meg, if we push Mom too much she'll be jealous of Harry and Ellen and then she won't let us visit again. Let's not be too greedy."Henry and Ellen exchanged a. " That's nice. Kids are a great thing. They bring life into perspective. All those great plans you had for yourself when you were young, you'd gladly give them all up in exchange for having happy, healthy kids." That's the truth," he said."I bet you'd give anything to keep something from happening to Teddy, Lois and Jeffrey. Louise too for that matter."I said it as casually as I would mention it was getting dark outside.His head jerked in my direction. His pale, white face turned paler."Perhaps. But she's friendly with my roommate, Shauna.One afternoon I ask Shauna about Brea. What is Brea really like? What's her thing, her deal? Is she dating, married, just super busy? Shauna explains that Brea is bi, mostly leaning towards the girls. "And no offense dude, but she's kinda out of your league." Even though it's true, to hear it from Shauna kinda pissed me off. But she's right. Still, I would be just fine fucking Brea for a few hours. The curves on that body run for hours, I. What a way to get ready for a night's sleep.I think we were both fighting full bladders, lying in each other's arms, drifting on that sublime cusp between sleeping and waking, when my cellphone rang. Cindy."Hi, Cindy," I said."I'm not going to even ask what you're doing," she giggled."We're NOT," I giggled back."Well, wait'll after breakfast. Up the road from the hotel. In half an hour. Everybody!"Dan was already in the bathroom by now. I heard the noise, then, "Cindy?" Uh-huh," I said, getting.