I also haven’t been in contact with him for a while. Reckon he’s sick or something?”I shrugged noncommittally, “Maybe. Wanna check out his hou...e?”He nodded, acquiescing to my words, before saying, “While we are here, let’s just pick up some beer. Maybe that will cheer him up.”I mumbled, “Sure”, thinking that nothing would cheer him up much after his migration to the afterlife. But I had to make a show of it, of course, and so promptly followed him into the bar, thinking about buying my own. Would this shade of lipstick get her attention or that one? Would she notice these earrings or those?It went on like this for some time. I was too shy to do anything outright about my girl crush, but I wanted her. I knew it. Then everything seemed to crash in on me one day and I got more than I bargained for.Jade was always fun and ready with a joke, but she was very quiet about life outside of work. One Tuesday I had to go in and cover for a server who was ill. It was very slow and Jade. It was a bit odd wasn’t it?” David grinned at her.“I don’t mind really Auntie Rose. I don’t mind anything you do!” He looked at her with a look of pure love on his face and she felt a twinge of regret that he was so young and also, as she kept reminding herself, her nephew.They kissed again and then she turned over on to her back. They lay silently for a few minutes, each with their own thoughts. Just as Rose decided she really ought to be getting back to her own room, David knelt up next to. I allowed her tongue to enter my mouth and play with mine, then I broke the kiss. I couldn't keep doing this. Before I could lose my mind completely, I got out of bed and went back to my own. I swear I heard her burst into tears as I walked down the hall. That morning, when I went downstairs, Sade wouldn't even look at me. She splashed my coffee all over the table and slammed her bowl down and ate. Never a single word from her lips at all. That was when I realized that I was in a battle that I.