You got what it takes to be the friend and the lover for Craig for the rest of your lives together.” She could hear those last words, her Mother a...ways saying “Now, Crystal don’t get to doubting yourself, honey.” She almost laughed out loud. The puppy, a black lab and collie mix, that she’d named “Einstein” looked up for his morning food. “Okay, Ein, hold on, baby boy.” She got the food and put it into his bowl, got her coffee and went back to bed to read the paper. First she wanted. ”“Did you go out and buy it?”“Uh ... no.” She turned a little red. “I ordered a bunny outfit for Halloween last year and it was supposed to be like a, well, you know, rabbit, all white and fluffy all over but they sent this instead. I couldn’t use it so this is the first time I’ve gotten to use it.”I pursed my lips. “You definitely could have.”“Oh no,” she held up her hand, “I do a Halloween party at the hospital for the kids each year, give out candy and that sort of thing. This was not going. I knew that seeing it was harder for them than it was for me. I at least got to spend three years of my life with them, even if I didn’t remember it. They weren’t even a month old when their parents were stolen from them. I was going to make it quick when the time came, but now? He was most definitely going to suffer.Together, the four of us went room to room exploring what used to be, and would have been for my sisters, a home away from home. I knew that the floors and the walls were just a. ’ ‘In a way it was. You were thinking on how to go on from here and weren’t sure how to talk about it. And you weren’t sure how you would handle Brenda knowing all this.’ ‘Mind reader too, I see. Well you were close.’ ‘Aim, you and I have trusted each other with stuff that would be embarrassing if our spouses found out we discussed. I trust you totally and nothing of this will get back Brenda!’ ‘Oh, I know that. I meant you were close on what I was thinking. But you missed one big area.’ .