'Great ... just fuckin' great! My so-called talent had turned me into an emotional vampire.Unfuckingbelievable.I suppose it could have been worse. I c...uld have ended up like Peggy'd been when I first met her; stealing positive emotions to feed her personal void.At least I figured I'd be able to survive on negativity. Unless I lost control, like I had on the plane, and inadvertently killed myself. Of course there was always a solid supply of love waiting for me at home, right? With a little luck. .?" I was never so taken back, I knew now there had to be a reason for the greeting she gave to me earlier and now I didn't think of it so difficult after all to end it with her. I sighed and decided to pull away from her and just lie there letting my mind wander over today's events mostly on late this evening at the parlor and I smiled and soon drifted off to sleep.+This morning I had dumped Marina the best way I could and honestly, she didn't seem heart broken and was happy enough with the. “My little gentleman,” she said adding, “You are going to spoil me, you know?”“That’s all part of my long-term plan, Beautiful Girl!”After waiting for her to get inside, I got back in the front seat with my mom, who had looked at me with a very odd expression. She started the car and we turned around and headed home.It was quiet — much too quiet.“Charles!”The way she said it — made me jump outta my seat.“Yes, mother, what is it?”“Do we need to discuss what happened earlier today?”“NO!” I may. But he insisted that I embark on the new journey in my life and that he wouldn’t have any problems taking care of his wife. I would visit them as often as I could, but over the years the visits had been reduced to a few times a year, owning to my own demanding life. Returning home now made me guilty of all the times I didn’t come home.When I arrived, I could see that mama’s health had deteriorated and dad had become half the man he was in these few days. Dad had barely managed to hold things.