Understood?” He nodded once and began taking streets at random, looking for a quiet stretch of road with a bit of cover. God it was good to be worki...g with professionals. “Sam, you and me are gonna deal to the bad guys.” I was talking up a confident game but in reality I knew we would need more than a bit of luck to come out of this in one piece. “It’ll be just like old times buddy,” came his reply. It felt good to be working with pros. “Stevie, when we stop I want you and Becky to bail out and. Mom was already past out on the floor next to his feet by halftime and Mike was snoring loudly on the loveseat. I watched him drink one more beer as he continued to cheer for his team. I laughed loudly when Mike fell of his chair and Dad giggled a bit. A few minutes later Dad started to snore, I was left alone to watch the game and I didn’t feel like going to my room. I walked over to Mike and tried to get him off the floor but he was too heavy and that didn’t stop him from snoring loudly. I. ?It’s so obvious. I amazed one of them hasn’t taken control of him by now.? she said. Kimberly told Denise that she knew something about men like me, and that Denise was missing out on a great opportunity. Denise and Steven were scheduled to leave in a few days for a two month European trip, and Kimberly told Denise that she would have a nice present for her when they returned. Denise informed me that she had arranged for me to get medical insurance through Steven’s company. I would have. Clearly we didn’t belong together. And we weren’t together, at least not in that way. We lived in the same dorm, and had been very good friends since the middle of last semester, when Sophia was feeling overwhelmed by school and needed someone to talk to. She grabbed my arm one afternoon, and we went to the student union, talking through her anxieties over a large bowl of Dairy Sciences Ice Cream. Since then, whenever one of us felt the weight of life had gotten too great, we could count on the.