Soon their interactions became an exercise in verbal sniping at each other. In other words, they were hurting each other on a daily basis, both of the... acting out of the fear that they were losing the other, and it was becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.The final crisis came about two months after their first little argument.Given Mark's long hours, sometimes into the evenings, it was not unusual for Sarah to go out for a drink or two with the girls after work. Mark had never objected to her. He represents the voice of those who will fund our social security, build our bridges, send rockets to the moon and stars, and fight our wars."Kevin Townsend represents the best America has to offer in the coming decades, and he does it with humility, decency, and just a touch of the boy next door, that we all miss from years gone by. We can talk about lost generations, the Vietnam War affect, and the plague of drugs, gang violence, and self-inflicted pain that this generation has embraced, or. You're a true friend, Christian." This is what friends do," Christian replied. "You don't need to thank me."I got up and followed Christian down the hall to his room. "Make yourself comfortable. Bev and I are going to brunch right after church, so we won't be back until a quarter to one or one o'clock." Thanks, man," I replied. "I appreciate this."I closed the curtains in the room and I stripped off my wrinkled and sweaty clothes and lay down in my boxers. I went back to sleep almost. I implore her, quietly, with my eyes alone, wide and surrendered to anything, but she ignores me, or pretends not to see me, reapplying her lipstick, or re-doing the dark makeup of her eyes. There are times at work, for instance, that I stare off into space for what might be an hour or more. I imagine that I’m with them, or that they’ve somehow stolen my consciousness away. When I return to myself, messages from clients have collected on my voice-mail by the dozen, as well as in my e-mail box..