A beeline was forming in front of his office, and he was passed around from one embrace to another like he was a coveted Disney doll, everyone in the ...oom wanted to touch.“I should charge you, guys,” he joked.Yolanda clapped her hands loudly, to draw everyone’s attention. Arranging her perfect bob by hovering with her fingers over it, she cleared her throat.“Enough, people. We still have work to do today, even if we just discovered that our beloved Alex loves hugging.”She was breathing a bit. She went about and set the table, lit candles and put out bread and herb infused olive oil. She pulled out a bottle of her favorite merlot and opened it. Giggling, she came to me with a glass as I was plating our dinner. Stealing some sugar as she handing me the glass Patience picked up the plates and set them on her modest little table and turned off the lights. The sun was setting and the orange glow filled the room as the candles danced around us. Just before we sat down to eat, Patience. ‘Oh, it’s a GPS. For walking, though, not for driving.’ ‘You weren’t going to bring this, were you?’ Ivy looked at her. ‘I mean, come on, we’ll be in a group. It’s a state park, not the lost world.’ ‘I thought about it, but no.’ Willow stared down at it. ‘I never could get it to work, and I’m not sure I’d know how to read it anyway. But I don’t know, I thought about it.’ She bit her lip. ‘What can I say? You know how I am about getting lost.’ ‘I promise we won’t lose you.’ Ivy smiled and patted. " The same voice sounds back at me and says "This is Denton, we used to hang out as k**s! Remember? Jesus man, you have changed a lot... I am going to be at the picnic today, celebrating my mother's retirement." I could almost picture him now, the same little boy that I had known so many years ago. We concluded our conversation and I drove off on the terribly paved road that led to the picnic. My heart was dark with sadness as my thoughts traveled as I drove... My thong wedging up my ass as I.