‘I’d like to think I still do know you pretty well, you know,’ he remarked. ‘And I don’t have to know him to see that he’s crazy about you...’ ‘We’re just friends,’ she repeated firmly. ‘Okay,’ Daniel said, feigning innocence. Nina went home feeling somewhat lighter-hearted after her conversation with Daniel. Gavin was another story, that still muddled her brain. It was a long week with no contact with him, a long, lonely week where she often found her gaze wandering across the street to his. " I've got a couple hours before my gig," Mark offered. "We can retraceour steps."44 thanked him and the two went searching the hallways, her bedroom, thegame room before heading back and checking the older parts of thefacility they had visited yesterday."What about the supply closet?" Mark said playfully. "It might haveslipped out as we tore each others clothes off." That's actually a great idea," 44 said as she headed down the hallwayand opened the door, letting out a gasp when she did."What. Both of them were in a talkative mood and we sat and talked about where all I’d been and what all I’d done since I was here last time.When I told them about the women I had met, they wanted to know about each one. I told them, then when they asked about what I’d done with each of them, I told them all about the things we had done. I never named any names but I told them were I’d met them.When we finished supper, they put the dishes, pots and pans in a tub of water to soak, then Barbara took my. Nearly two weeks. Soft diet: three days. After three days of pap spoon fed by an increasingly better looking candy striper, they unhooked my right arm and took out that awful catheter.On the fourth day I was expecting the gorgeous Miss Candy but I got some old hag with a semi soft diet tray. She plunked it down on my bed stand ... just a fraction of an inch out of reach ... smiled a toothless grin and swooshed out the door.I still hadn't managed to reach the rolling stand ... although I did.