She had been very busy all morning. So busy in fact that she hadn’t had time to think about her afternoon appointment with Ted. Right around noon sh... happened to look out her window and saw Ted walking to his car in the parking lot. He appeared to turn and look straight at her, making her pulse race. “I just have to get through one more hour,” she said to herself. “One more hour.”Having seen Ted, any attempt at keeping her mind on business was destroyed. Now all she could think about was. She felt air where she was vaguely aware that something just filled. She heard it hit the floor, sounding like metallic thunder in the small room. Then there was silence. Only the sounds of water trickling on to the floor tiles and her own rattling sobbing screams sounded in Doris’s ears over her own thundering pulse. Her trembling legs could no longer support her and she slowly slid down the door, her body still pressing it shut. Then she heard the air fill with the sounds of wretched sobbing. But then Synthia reacted unexpectedly as Darlene took her hand. The 'bot seemed to freeze for a moment, then said, "Do you want me to come with you?" She held that position until Darlene released her hand, at which point Synthia appeared to reset back to normal."Let me take that for you," Synthia said, easily picking up Darlene's rather heavy bag, before leading the way into the house.Darlene saw little of the house itself, since Synthia led her in, only to immediately turn right into the. HE remembered the brief time that they had spent together- and regretted that he had left her. She moved away from the bar and sat down at a single table. He turned to Danny- “How would you like to meet Kayla, Danny?” Danny looked at him- “She’s here?” “Yeah- over there.” Joel smiled “and I am scared as hell- but I am going to say hi” Kayla watched the young man who had just finished the set with his partner as they were clearing the stage for the next set of performers. She could have SWORN.