The same Benji stood behind the counter, looking extra bright with his black and green hair. ‘No. Fucking. Way.’ Echoed through the room. Benji w...s smiling at her. , his blue eyes shining. ‘So when I heard that C.K. was back in town, I don’t know what I was thnking but it definitely wasn’t you, kiddo.’ Caden walked through the store, making her way towards the front. When she got there she put her hands flat on the see-through counter, as if ready to talk business. ‘Maybe you were. Early in the second week, he managed to attend his first tasting since his return. Industry colleagues were thrilled to see him back, and peppered him with questions about his absence. He’d prepared for this with an array of responses that he hoped sounded more uninteresting than evasive, and though the interrogation was renewed with every fresh group of old acquaintances, he eventually judged the attempt a success.And then it was Sunday night, two weeks after his return to the city. He texted. " Why?"My legs nearly buckled when she first bit her lower lip, and then licked the upper one before answering, "Roxanne Vaughn ring any bells?" Roxie?" I said, wondering how she knew her. Roxanne was the last person I had dated. I don't know how she felt, but I was right on the verge of asking her to move in when she got a job offer in New York that she couldn't refuse. The goodbye sex had been amazing, but I was falling for her, and losing her was the primary reason I hadn't been laid since.. She and Brent didn't last two months together according to Evelyn. Marlene came home one day and found Brent with another woman. She kicked his ass out and now lived alone.I should mention that over the years that Evelyn and Mom stayed friends. She would often tell Mom about how Marlene was doing according to her letters. Whenever she got a bit part she would send a picture of herself.As for me, I worked hard in the family business but I made as much time as I could for my kids. Once they.