When his birthday and graduation came at the same time, he insisted on spending the day with her before going to a party. Although he had friends and ... girlfriend, Jason also felt the anxiety of separating from his primary relationship. "I'm going to miss you when you're gone Jason," she said."I'll miss you too mom, but there's still the rest of the summer before I go, and then I'll come home for the holidays, and maybe you could even visit me sometimes, huh?" Sure honey," she said. She leaned. One month as my pet. Was it a long month for you, dear?Him: Yes. And I was hoping we could talk about it. I... I don't think Iwant to do this anymore. It's too much. (He stares up at me with apleading look.)Me: Really? You do remember agreeing to this arrangement? You seemedquite OK with it then.Him: It's just...I changed my mind. I can't live like this anymore.Me: I know. I know. I'm sorry you feel that way. But if this is what youwant...we can stop. We can go back to how it was before.Him:. Then I'll tell you anything you want to know."Jake stood up and turned toward the door. "Tabatha?" he called out.A pretty, blue-eyed redhead came through the door. Barley looked at her nervously, wondering what they were planning to do to him. She sat down in the chair just vacated by her husband."Hello," she said, smiling, "I'm Tabatha. I'm in charge of Internal Security."She looked up at her husband. "I'll take it from here. Bye." She blew him a kiss."You two bonded?" Barley asked."Bonded?". " She sniffed, walking away. He glared after her in confusion.Mandy tromped off into the bushes, her hands deep in the pockets of her knee length pink pants. Her bikini top was slightly too small for her perfect breasts, but then, all her tops were slightly too small. She glared around her, still upset by last night, and still not able to understand it.She heard water and shifted direction towards it. A minute later, she came out on the bank of a swiftly moving river. She sat down on a stone.