"I was a bit disappointed when you didn't want to sleep in the same bed. "Lauren said you liked when she takes charge, so I had to find a way to initi...te the outcome." Slowly she got up to her feet. I got up as well. I followed her naked body into the kitchen. "So this was all a ploy to…" "Fuck you?" Samantha said as she got out two glasses. "Absolutely," she said as poured us both sweet tea. "Well," I smiled. "I hope I didn't disappoint." "Disappoint," Samantha said shaking her head. "Excelled. "Let me call the nurse," I said."Who are you?" she asked, "And why are you in my room?" Well, according to the hospital ... I'm your brother..." I'm an only child."The way she said that made me shiver. It was, like ... brother ... HAH! I have no use for one of those."The Child Protective Services says I'm your Dad..." I said."What?" she screeched."We have the same last name," as if that explained bureaucracy."But you're not?" If I were your dad, you would have some manners..." I have. "You are a hopeless dirty ugly gay useless tricky jerk," she said. "What if I had said no?" Don't matter," Rick said. "You'll still use the new credit card, and one day you will say yes."Lauren laughed again, and began drum-hitting him in the chest."Oh, my," Vanessa said on the phone. "You have?" Yeah," Lauren said, smiling while watching her ring."You're hopeless," Vanessa said. "And last time you said you wouldn't?" Well," Lauren said, giggling. "He's a jerk. He had everything planned and led. "Thanks," he said, attempting a smile as he took my offering. He put the bagdown and stared at it hopelessly for a few seconds. He looked back at hisopen hood, then down at the bag, then back at the car, then at me, thenblinked a few times, then he finally bent down to catalogue the bag'scontents. All that weight had to be hell on his knees, so I gave him alittle assistance to hurry him on his way."Dunno why I don't carry something like this in the trunk," he said withsomething approaching.