Once I get the anchor stowed, I'll get back here and we'll set the sail and head off south." Okay, but just this time. I need to learn all this," she ...aid.We executed the plan well and we were soon on a broad reach, the stern wake making chuckling noises as we reached hull speed. It was a glorious day on the water. I set up the autopilot to maintain the heading so we could both relax. With the cool air, relaxation was best done in each other's arms. Jo let her hands roam freely, as did I."Slide. I can’t seem to get enough air! I feel someone’s touch on my arm. It’s Nancy. She smiles at me. I stare at her. Did she know about this? Did she know Roger was gay? Nancy nods calmly, and says we have a lot to discuss. All of us. And just like that, she herds all of us out of the airport and into the car. Nancy and I walk at the front, while Roger and Jensen walk a few paces behind us, logging along their baggage and their significant others. I squeeze Nancy’s hand nervously. Did she know. She was at home, trying to wait patiently for him now. She didn’t have a lot of practice with this– usually on a weekday they rode the train in together and she went to school. Then after, he would pick her up for their trip home in one of the big black company cars, the two of them in the back. They did everything together! She would even meet him at his office some days and have lunch – usually after getting a text, “miss you, lg. need to see your face. lunch.” And he liked it when her mother. The doors were open so I got my pick of a few promising projects.I would do my little bit and I was done for the day and headed home.This is how it happened until I got a call from the hospital on my cell: Diamond had been in a car accident and was in the hospital. Apparently she hadn't changed her emergency information in all that time and I was listed as her point of contact.As much as I didn't want to go part of me decided I owed it to myself if nothing else. Sure we had broken up but as.