I can see the opening of that inner envelope as if time became frozen - what could have caused such atypical behaviour in my mother? She explained ful...y and simply that she had been feeling very tired in the weeks before I had left, so she had been to her doctor and after examining her she had sent her straight to the hospital for a scan. The results were not long in coming - and the news was the worst. A very aggressive cancer had formed in her abdomen and had already spread throughout her. I will live with I screwed up badly.” Laura did her best to negotiate coming home to Dan, but keeping the status quo relatively intact. To Dan, it seemed as though she wanted to move some clothes back home, and decide night-to-night which bed she graced. Dan reached for the ruby ring on his wife’s left hand. “You have some decisions to make, Laura. I want you as my wife, with me as your husband. I am even willing to accept that you have Greg as lover, but not the way things are now. Think. I sulked the rest of the summer and half my sophomore year before coming out of my funk. Eventually I got on with my life but I had lost my innocence and my relationship with my parents were never the same. When I was senior I tried to friend Keith on Facebook. I have some boyfriends over the last two years but I just never felt the same way as I had felt about Keith with anyone else. I was curious to find out how Keith was doing. He did not respond for several months and I just assumed that he. Dinners, lunches..ect. I've known her mom for years. "Ok" I said "no problem I'll get you a blanket and you can crash on the couch" I did'nt want her to get into trouble with her mom. A half hour later Jenny came into my bedroom and sat on the bed asking "Lisa are you asleep"? I wasnt so I rolled over and asked if everything was ok. "I just really want you to know how much i appreciate you letting me stay with you and I owe you a big one Lisa" Once again I told her she was very welcome and.