He came back and set it in front of her and she drank half of the second rum and Coke."OK, now what is going on between you and Bynum?" ED asked, "Why...would he hire me to follow you? He said that you were running around on him. I can't picture you with Bynum." I don't even date since..." she stopped and Ed saw that she had tears in her eyes and she started shaking her head slowly."Since what?" Ed asked.Betty just kept shaking her head. She dropped her chin down to her chest."Look Betty, I can't. Putting on my headlamp, I start down a hallway. There are evenly spaced doors on each side leading into rooms, each containing a single dusty bed. About halfway down the hallway is a large common bathroom with multiple toilets and showers with no dividers. There are no windows in this part of the building, and the darkness is absolute.Working deeper down the hall, I pause outside a large doorway, peering into a treatment room with a hard-mounted metal examination table, a metal chair and an. In fact, she sounded downright eager to see me. I hope that’s a good thing. This whole ‘birthday present for Charlie’ business is my friend Miriam’s idea, really. It was Miriam who figured out that Charlie was a customer at our bank and she nagged me until I checked his records. There it was, address of customer — knew that already – , address and contact information for next of kin -father in Milwaukee – birthday… Whoa! the following Friday, as it turned out. Miriam just wouldn’t let the. Traffic wasn't bad, but then most people didn't go into Houston for dinner on a Monday night. Dinner was great, the dancing after was even better, but since both men needed to go to work in the morning, we called it an early night. We dropped Tim off at his house and the three of us went back to Janet's for the night. The best part of the evening was going to bed and sleeping with Brad. Just knowing that he didn't have to go home made it so wonderful.When Brad's alarm went off the next morning.