" A gentleman doesn't fuck my best friend up her ass until she passes out and can't gossip with me," Brandi deadpanned.I just looked away and saw my s...lvation. Our parents plus our siblings were all coming over. I nodded in their direction. "The parentals and the kids are coming."Brandi glanced over and then rolled her eyes. She sighed heavily and then asked quietly, "Just give me my friend back for a few mornings, okay? There's barely a week of camp left and I miss her."I shrugged. "Sure. At one point he asked Harlan, “Now, I’ve heard from him how the two of you were conquering heroes back in boot camp. Now I want to hear it from you!”Joe weighed in, “Me too! I went through training the same year, and I just don’t believe it.”“Were you Blue Army or Orange Army?” asked Harlan.“Orange.”Harlan just nodded and said to me, “Well, that explains it.”“He’s one of those people,” I agreed.Harlan turned back to Joe. “I’m not surprised. After the spanking Buckman and I gave you, the Orange. "Why" she asked urgently. Her turn to panic."Well, first thing, I want to be kept up with you and what's going on. I love You and NEED to know how you are" I said. "If you have problems, then I have problems, that's how it works"."Second thing, Even if it's over the phone, email or letter, you are a mess and you need to talk to ME or SOMEBODY about what's bothering you." "I don't care who it is, you need to confide in someone." I told her. "You bottle all this up for months and months and let. " I said sarcastically. "Now you have the Monopoly. It starts with a couple houses and pretty soon you'll have hotels up. This game is pretty much over." I counted my properties with a bummed look on my face.Mom reached over the board and caressed my cheek gently like mom's always do and told me in a hushed voice like it were a secret between us, "I don't have to collect if you run out of money, baby." She rubbed her thumb up my cheek and told me in a soothing motherly voice, "How about I trade.