"* * * *Tom, Jake's buddy, pushed open the front door to his house and they followed him in. Tom went right to the kitchen and Jake turned on some mus...c.Pam pulled Amy aside. "What do you think of Tom?" He's cute." Are you going to dance with him?" Yeah."Tom came back in with two hands full of beers, which he passed around."It's going to be cool," Tom said, snapping open a beer can. "My parents are gone for a week and we can party all night."Pam took a can from Tom, opened it, and poured it. I ask the bartender for another beer, as she gets it for me, who would walk over but her, the woman i was just checking out. She comes over and tells me her name is Jackie. I introduce myself and we proceed to do that awkward chit chat before you hook up. After two more beers shes asks me to leave with her. In no time i ask for the check and we make it to her place.She takes me to the bedroom, we start making out. She leaves to go grab a drink from her kitchen. She comes back hands me the drink. Died.”Dillon’s heart sank. He and his mother sat in telephone silence for a long moment. Finally, he asked, “When?”“Late yesterday. The ambulance came and got him. He died on the way to the hospital.”Another extended pause. “Poor Katy,” he said, and exhaled as tears formed in his eyes. “Have you spoken to her?”“Not yet,” Tanya said. “Millie called and told me.” Millie was the neighborhood busybody and knew everyone’s business.“Poor Katy,” he repeated.“Anyway, I’m sorry to deliver the news, but. He had a good job and made good money and Martha, since finding out that the two of them couldn't have kids, had gotten a job also. Between the two of them they made enough money to have the things they wanted. For Martha it was the house, good furniture, and a new car every three years. For Doug it was toys - lots of toys - and that was the problem.Doug's sex drive seemed to be inversely proportional to the number of toys he acquired. The more toys he had, the more time he spent with them and.