Discussion was unnecessary.As the day approached, the anxiety level around the house increased palpably. Even with the doctor's reassurance that the p...ocedure was relatively uncomplicated, there was no way to avoid imagining the worst. Jack and Randall were so solicitous that Rita had to shoo them away from her over and over.Randall called his mom and told her about Aunt Rita's impending operation without mentioning any hoped-for outcome other than the successful removal of a benign tumor.. "Come on, Saxon. Come up and sit beside me, boy. Old Angie's lonely again. Just seem to strike out with people, but you like me, don't you, Saxon?"For answer, the German shepherd leaped enthusiastically onto the bed and clambered over the naked blonde, lapping hungrily at her face until she again collapsed in giggles."Oh, Saxon! Oh, oh, ooooh-eeeeee! Stop it, boy. You're killing me!"To escape the big dog's ardent caresses, she rolled partway onto her side away from him, her head buried in her. I pulled het to her knees then grabbed a handful of hair pulling her head back hard. I turned the knife so the sharp side was away from her. I put the knife to the side of her head just at the ear."I could make a small slice here and your brain would die before your heart pumped out of blood. As your brain died your vision would fog and then go dark and you would lose control of body functions, stop breathing and the muscles would just collapse." I said.I moved the knife over to the other side. I probably deserve it. I shouldn’t have dumped you over that. You weren’t ready and honestly neither was I. It was for the best.” “Yeah, and now you have Lauren!” I tried to sound upbeat but even I heard the sarcasm in my tone. I was hoping he wouldn’t pick up on it. “I know Lauren doesn’t seem like my type, but I really do love her. Yeah she can be a little uptight sometimes but she’s wonderful.” “Uptight? That’s an understatement.” I didn’t want to push too hard but I did enjoy him ragging on.