”“And if you don’t know, then you need to keep your options open. Don’t force things, Mike. That will only make things worse, and might ruin a...beautiful friendship.”“Which is what our concern was before we went to Cincinnati last Summer. It almost happened when she had her accident. We’ve managed to get past all of that and get our friendship back to where it was.”“And now, in addition being afraid of doing anything to mess up the friendship, there is the question of biological children.”“Yes,”. Edie felt it was harmless to visit with Dave, over the back fence, or in the school driveway after letting the kids out at school.Finally, he asked her to follow him to another spot; they were tying up a little traffic at the school.The old church parking lot was always empty and sat on the edge of town, across the street from Don Parker’s old, white, frame home. Dave led her there…------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Old. And what would you like Joel?"Joel was standing in the kitchen doorway. "Just a beer if you have any cold Dan," he said.Dan handed Joel a cold one from the fridge and set about mixing Janie's rum and Coke. In the living room Sara sat on the love seat, sipping iced tea with vodka. As Joel returned to the living room with his beer Sara beckoned him to sit next to her.Janie and Dan came into the living room and sat next to each other on the couch."God, what a night!" said Janie. "I'm. The bathroom was adjacent to Simon’s room and his curiosity was piqued. What was Mandy doing in the bathroom? ‘Shagging’ a voice involuntarily popped into his head. Simon snapped his eyes closed before opening them again. Slowly he slid out of bed and reached across to his bedside cabinet. He picked up an empty glass and crept across his bedroom before placing the top end of the glass onto the wall and the bottom end to his ear. He’d been unable to hear anything at first and then he’d heard.