In the morning I was the first one up and fixed breakfast for everyone. One by one they came down to warm waiting meal. Once everyone had eaten Chloe ...old me she would clean up and for me to shower and get ready for Mr. Kesler to take me to the institute.I hour or so later I was walking out the house in a pretty sun dress and sandals that Chloe had picked out for me to wear. I gave her a tight hug and kissed her passionately then turned to have Max take me in his arms and lift me off my feet.. The wonderful woman strips me of my clothes, and as I lay under the shower, she cleans up my mess in the bedroom. I puke a few more times, the entire shower doing its best impression of a carousel; before I finally feel good enough to get cleaned up.Unbidden, memories of all the times I’d gotten drunk with Michael surface.“Are you ready to talk?” Karrista asks me, and I look up into her disapproving eyes. I’m tempted to. I know I need to talk to someone, but that look in her eyes stops me.“You. I wrote down his name and address and threw his clothes out to him. I told him any contact with Mandy would cost more than he could afford. I went in the house and put on a pot of coffee. It was going to be along night. After the coffee was ready I called Mandy and told her coffee was ready. When she came inand sat down she wouldn't look at me. I said we needed to talk. she shook her head. I said "Wellwe are going to talk, and NOW". She looked at me and then at the table. " I got. Deciding to investigate, Rickthrew on his jacket and headed for the door. But before he could leave, hewas met in the hallway by Dana Bramble who had just walked in. Dana was a counselorat Running Bear Summer Camp a few miles away. In their three year association,Rick had become more than friends with Dana. She was a buxom, twenty-five yearold with short auburn hair and a winning smile. She wasn't smiling right then,however. "I want to talk to you!" she stated, planting herself betweenthe.