When I came down from making my phone call, Brenda and Emily were both waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs."Are you just going to leave, Kenny?...You can't just speak to me the way you did and walk away before I get a chance to explain." Explain what? You already explained, and I've already told you what I think of what you did. You've got parents, Brenda. They aren't going to send you back to live in an orphanage if you get into trouble. You do whatever you feel like doing, and it doesn't. “Some animals have all the fun,” Mum said, squeezing my hand, “beats a finger up your bum, don’t you think?”I was embarrassed that she should treat so lightly something that l was still tying to come to terms with.It was getting late when we made it back to the car and we stopped off at a pub on the way home for a meal. It was almost dark when we left, we walked to the car which was parked at the end of the car park.“Right, strip off then girls,” Bert said.Both Mum and Eileen giggled as they. Briggs walked up beside him and took the same pose. Gianni glanced at him and said, “You couldn’t take the noise either, huh?” Briggs smiled. “That and the heat all those bodies are producing. And I think I’ve drunk too much.” “Join the club,” Gianni said. They stood quietly for a few minutes. Gianni straightened up and said, “What do we do now, two empty nesters? Are you going to have trouble handling it? I know I am.” He knew Briggs wife had also passed. He wasn’t sure, but thought it. Rick said he knew that, but we could live together and let people think we were married. Legally, I could get my maiden name back "Who'd know us having the same last name was not because we were married?" he asked. It was kind of a wild idea - but I told Rick I'd think about it. Elmer's insurance paid off the house we'd been buying, so I put it on the market and, meanwhile, Rick got his transfer. A couple of weeks later, I called him, telling him I'd decided I would go.