" Yes, Mom." Damn it, Joe, you can't treat me like this. We have always been so close." She started to cry as she drove wiping the tears away to see t...e traffic. I would have scooped up Maggie and comforted her, but I left my mother to sit behind the steering wheel suffering from my inflicted pain. Knowing that my actions were causing her pain increased my resolve to continue.I said nothing. Shortly the tears stopped, she parked the car, and we did the rest of her shopping in silence.The days. "You're the only one that can do a lot of things right around here" I groaned, moving to pull a huge stack of papers under a folder. "Thanks, what would I do without you" she smiled up at me, my heart racing. "Now, let's think of a way that we can make the most redundant, boring, soul-sucking ordering, fun" Amanda smiled widely and I laughed. The first shot burned my throat and I shook my head as the heat hit my stomach. Amanda laughed, taking another shot as she began shuffling through the. When she spoke more than the few words we had exchanged at our introduction, my heart melted! Out came this wonderful Texas 'twang' with just the right amount of cheerleader mixed with wounded puppy!She told me that playing the tour left little time to meet guys, with all the travel, and she had to be extra careful of 'leeches'.I made my move.I told Penny, "I have to return to New York soon, so if you're game, I'll play you for dinner."She smiled a disarming smile, then told her friend, Cissy,. I held onto her until I heard her breathing change. "Good morning love."Kathryn pulls tighter to me before she says, "I was so tired I thought I just passed out and dreamed I got to hold you."That's when the realization hits me that it was grandma that sent us to bed together. That means she knows that we are more like husband-and-wife than just fiancés. I kiss Kathryn before telling her. "Grandma sent us to bed together. I'm pretty sure she knows about us."Kathryn giggles and says, "Grandma's.