Ann sat at thekitchen table considering the clouds in her coffee. Jack finally camedown in a t-shirt and pajama bottoms. He leaned over and kissed h...swife."Good morning, babe." Morning," Ann said, subdued."Everything alright," Jack asked as he grabbed a mug from the cupboard."Just had a heated talk with Tommy about Alexis." Ann sighed. SensingJack's anger, she calmed him. "Everything is fine right now," shereassured him.Jack sat down with his coffee and took Ann's hand. "It's going to. " Where are we going?" To the Garden," replied Jane."I should get some clothes," said Cindy, starting to pull away, "it's cold out."Jane took her arm in a grip that was like steel. She wasn't violent about it, but it was clear that there was no way Cindy was going to break that grip."You need to come as you are," said Jane, her voice low and steady.Cindy thought for maybe a second. Somehow, she sensed that Jane would let her get clothing. She sensed that she could, in fact, refuse to go. Or go. The night went by quickly for Pete and I, there wasn’t a love connection, but as Beth had promised he was really nice to me and didn’t seem at all put off when he dropped me off at my place and only got a quick kiss on the cheek before I ran inside. Beth and Mike disappeared about an hour before the end of the dance - I had my suspicions about what they were off doing but would have to wait till Sunday afternoon to find out. Beth called that afternoon. She told me that Mike had gotten them a. Again, time stood still and I slept as my body was filled with pain killers. Maybe days or maybe just hours passed and nurses moved to bathe me, change my bed cover and perform their routine duties. I became aware of wires and tubes all around me and of needles into my arm. More hours, or maybe it was days, weeks or months passed as I lay motionles and I was constantly being disturbed by hospital staff who wanted to interrupt my sleep. Suddenly, I was aware of someone standing by my bedside.