I tell her she can stay. She tells me she will do anything to stay with me. I ask her “Did you say anything?”. She nods her head yes and then says...”I will do ANYTHING. “My mind goes in different directions trying to calculate the true meaning of ANYTHING. Then she says “Let me show you what I mean by anything”. She climbs into the back of the van and starts to remove her clothes. She deserves better than a dirty old van. I tell her to stop. I drive away from the place as fast as I can and to. “Watch how you talk about your fantasies or you might find yourself naked on the floor with one of them coming true.”“Ooh! I’m scared.”Beca stood up and grabbed Brittany’s hand. Joan spotted them and left her group to sit in the recliner and welcome the two girls into her lap. There wouldn’t be any more studying there for a while. Livy and Rachel plopped on either side of me on the sofa.“I could use a little kissing, too,” Rachel said as she moved to capture my lips. The kiss was long and. A senior sales VP by profession, normally he was the epitome of self-confidence and control. But he readily confessed to being as confused as hell at Charlotte’s suggestion. Simultaneously drawn to the idea, at the same time as being frightened to death at his ability to deal with things if they didn’t go smoothly and they broke up again.It was towards the end of this heart-to-heart, with me on my fourth beer (having abandoned any thought of driving home) when a text arrived from Charlotte,. ”I saw him giving Rose a once over. She grabbed my other arm, and we walked into the elevator.“Some old farts only know how to gawk at women, don’t they Kalista?” she said.“Fortunately, Charles knows much more than they do, doesn’t he?” Kallie said.They giggled as we got out on our floor. Claire and X were sitting on the luggage taking a ride.Everything was placed correctly as we went in. Rose took a beeline to the bathroom, as I gave our bell person a tip.“It’s past eleven pm, let’s go to bed..