" Maggie gave a grin. "Their other joint opinion; was that they should be given half an hour alone, with this lout who dared to threaten you." Now the...e's a thought," Sam and Pete said in unison; they turned and grinned at each other in total understanding.Sarah turned in and Sam made himself comfortable in the chair by the side of her bed.She lay staring up at him with large dark eyes. The tears welled up and began to roll down her cheeks.With a groan Sam climbed on to her bed and held her. He's using you."The pathetic attempt to manipulate me just made me sad. "Please, don't do this. Why can't you just let me go?"She closed her eyes and shook her head. "Why can't you just let me show you?" Show me what?" I asked, pushing the cup away and taking her hands. "It's too late. He and I both want to be together and we're going to try and see what happens."When she looked up, her desperate expression broke my heart. "Would you just try with me? One week. You gave him one week in your. And he’d been flirting with her back at Starbucks and on the way here. But now, he was being such a gentleman, and it almost annoyed her. He really was watching the movie.Lucy gradually shifted her body closer to him so that their thighs were touching, and his focused demeanor cracked. She heard his breath catch, almost imperceptibly had she not been listening for it. A couple minutes later, she moved closer so that their arms were resting against each other. Finally, he turned his face towards. Kate tilted her head back as she took a long swig right from the bottle. The liquid burned the hell out of her mouth and throat but she didn't give a damn, just as long as it got her drunk. She sat the bottle down on top of the refrigerator.Staring at the bottle of alcohol, Kate pondered how much she had this evening. A few swigs from this bottle earlier on. How many glasses of champagne had she consumed? 3? Or was it 4? About 4 glasses, she settled for and now the vodka, again. She sure hoped.