She was fine. She just needed to get to her car. She’d sleep it off. She’d be fine. Her car was just—The leg had been there before. Probably. Th...ngs were starting to blur, but she was pretty sure it had been dangling there the entire time. A single white shoe hung at eye level and she swatted at it.Mumbles. She swatted again, this time a handful of cuff gripped loose in her hand. She tugged.“I’m awake. I’m awake. I wasn’t sleeping. I was just—”The words warbled in her head, and for a while she. But other days, I want to scream. I feel like punching the wall.’ I nodded. I knew the feeling all too well. ‘I’m sorry, Sydney. I let you in and pushed you away all at the same time.’ I opened my mouth to respond, but he continued. ‘That day that you came over?’ I nodded. ‘That would have been our two year anniversary.’ Eric finally made sense to me. I hoped that I made sense to him now. I rubbed my thumb over his. A comforting silence surrounded us. I had so many questions, but not the. The ephemeral ecstasy of a Mayfly deflowered. The brood mare being mounted again. The porn star concluding her scene. The Kitaschi maiden being penetrated by her twenty mates. Gaia conceiving the universe. This is enlightenment. All is still. On the floor lies Ando, eyes closed, with a blissful smile on his face nearly buried, like his arms, in his lovers rump. They look like some sort of bizarre conjoined twin. Friel has started breathing again, ragged gasps of air as her body claws for oxygen. ”I looked across at Lewis, the handsome young giant, and felt sympathy. I’d have preferred a night just alone with Tyrell, as I needed the closeness of being with just one man. But I felt sorry for Lewis, and I also had the evil thought that I could use this to get back at Neil.Tyrell was still waiting for my answer, as he patiently waited for me to think it through.“Sure, why not? The more the merrier. Just wait here a minute, I need to say something to my loving husband.”After one final kiss.