"Well you and Duncan do not have any restrictions but I have to think of Harry," Carol said, although she felt in a way slightly liberated because her...affair was not now a total secret although she certainly did not want Harry knowing.Brenda did not respond but Carol guessed what she was thinking, "If you and Duncan want to get together when I am not there, I can't do anything about it," she said philosophically, although she could not help feeling jealous at the prospect.The conversation. Twirling the dress back and forth, sherealized she had been subconsciously dressing as she imagined a motherwould, playing some odd version of house with her infantilized nephew."Is that really such a bad thing?" she thought to herself. "With littleJoe needing to literally grow up again, this could be my last chance toactually be a mommy since I chose to put my career first all those yearsago. I'm sure it wouldn't hurt my plans too much to use a few excuses toget a little more personal. Finally, she took not one, but two sleeping pills and chased it down with a large glass of wine. Since she really wasn’t a drinker, the wine had soured, but the pills and the alcohol did the trick, and she was able to sleep. Chapter 2 Grant sighed in frustration, the older woman told him that it was Kaylee’s day off. She was stone faced when Grant asked if she knew how to get in touch with Kaylee. Finally, he went to the last stop on his list in that small town and was able to sell the florist. ..…….Bill had paid her a visit two nights ago to 'collect the rent' as he euphemistically put it. She happened to be wearing some new lacey underwear when Bill showed-up and she most definitely hadn't intended it for him; it was for who she was waiting for and she had donned it to check herself out in the bathroom mirror so she could be sure it would be to his liking. She had a distinct feeling that he had a bit of a 'thing' about women's undergarments and was content to fuel his lust if it.