Out of the corner of my eye, in the reflection of the fogged over bathroom mirror, I thought I saw a figure moving. “Did you forget something?” I ...alled out, thinking it was Marianne. There wasn’t an answer, so I figured that either she didn’t hear me or she had already found what she needed and left. Then, the shower door opened and in stepped Pam, naked and smiling. “Are you crazy?” I asked. “Marianne could walk in at any moment!” Pam said nothing, but pressed herself up against me, feeling. . sex with Brian, I know I was awfully drunk." Her head dropped again."But I wasn't drugged... sometimes I wasn't even drunk... after that," she said. Her sobs began again and she visibly choked them off. "I wish I had that excuse," she said softly, "but I don't... I'm trying to find out what the real reasons are with my counselor." She stopped talking for a while, resuming only when I shifted my weight in the chair."Mark... ?" I lifted my chin and raised my eyebrows in question. "Would you go. We had one table where they were playing double-pinochle and another where they were playing euchre. Two of the guys who were there were ex-boyfriends of Adrianne's, but she had stayed on good terms with them. Since it was a week night and the next day was a work day for most of the group the card party started to break up around nine. I watched Damon get in his truck and leave and then I went in and told Adrianne that Damon was too drunk to drive and that I was going to run him home. Damon and. He took his money and left without another word."So," Tom said as he gathered up the cards. "Freddie's yours." No," I said, "but she ain't yours neither. Let her be."He took a swing at me and I grabbed his fist and squeezed some. He dropped to his knees, and I turned him loose."What'd y'want?" Tom asked, rubbing his knuckles."Nothing," I said. "Just tell the girl she don't have to marry that big buck."I turned to go back to my work in the barn and Rulla stopped me, her hand up on my chest. "I.