”I sighed, “True. To tell you the truth, it’s taking a bit of a toll on me. It’s not terrible, but there’s a bit of strain because she’s k...nd of all over the place with her emotions and her thinking. I think it’ll calm down over time.”“Just keep being there for her, Steve. That’s all you can do at this point. And make sure you cut her some slack.”“I have. It’s all good. I guess I was just venting a bit.”“It’s OK to blow off some steam. I guess it can be really tough.”“Yeah, it can.”We finished. "I have to begetting on to my own home, sir."An incredible stench assailed Holmes' nose, forcing him awake,and with wakefulness, came recognition. The *last* thing hewanted was for Miss Hudson to realize what had happened. "No,that's quite all right, Miss Hudson. You just leave out theclean linens and I will see to the bedding myself when I get up." Are you all right, then sir? I've never known you to be a lay-a-bed, sir," Miss Hudson's voice was less strident now, moreuncertain. "Not in. Rick confessed that he thought about sex almost constantly and asked me how I was able to cope without sex all these years. I think he was shocked when I told him that I thought he inherited his high sex drive from his mom. I told him that I masturbated almost every night with a vibrator and that on the nights that I went out with his Aunt Tina, that we were going out to a night club and I usually ended up picking up a man and getting laid. Rick then dropped a bomb when he asked me if it was. After staying in the bath a bit too long, I finished washing up, emptiedthe bathtub, and dried myself off.For reasons that I couldn't completely articulate, I stepped out of thebathroom completely naked and, after making sure that my front door wasdouble locked, I began to prance about my tiny apartment wearing nothingbut the big beaming smile on my face and my headwrap covering my hair.I don't know why, but this feels good.I fired up my laptop, turned on iTunes, turned up the volume on.