‘Yes, I’m sure. Do you promise to make other plans for tonight?’ Chris asked her. ‘OH MY GOD!’ He took Rachel’s excitement as confirmation...and hung up when he saw Joanna had come inside from the garden. ‘Darling, I promised that I’d help my mother do her shopping this afternoon.’ Joanna lamented, genuinely enjoying the time she was spending with her husband. ‘I can come with you, it’ll be faster that way.’ Chris offered. Joanna kissed his cheek and told him not to bother, that she’d be back in. "The keys are up at the other apartment," Adam said then finished his own statement. "Which you can't get into either unless Shelly or I are here. I'm sorry. I didn't even think. There is usually someone there all the time. I hope it didn't hurt anything." Nothing," Allie said. Adam noticed the Sarah hadn't spoken yet and seemed bummed."Everything OK with you?" he asked, putting a soft hand on her shoulder."Yeah, I guess," she answered. "Tara was let go today. So everything she had going for me. Julia hated that term, though. She was no reptile! She preferred "sleeper leaper" or "parking lot princess" or one of the more appealing terms. Hell, even being called a slut or a whore would be preferable to being thought of as a reptile!Then, about three years ago, Ron was killed when a drunk driver crossed into his lane and smacked a car ahead of him. He swerved to avoid the tangled cars and crashed through the guardrail, going over the 100-foot embankment and rolling several times before. I got up and wrapped the sheet around myself. I stepped to the door in my improvised toga, opened it and stepped outside. As the door went 'snufft' behind me it occurred to me to check the lock from this side. Locked. Great. Well, I was committed now. I walked the hallway from one end to the other, with no sign of life, no sounds, and no indication that I wasn't the only person left in earth. No, that couldn't be true. There'd been cars on the motorway outside.I returned to the area of the.