” “Yea, had to make a beer run last night, kind of cracked a case I was supposed to bring up, ha-ha.” “You’re such a drunk, you know that?...�� “Yea, I hear that a lot now get your ass out of the truck and help me load these cases will ya? There’s a couple more up in the garage. Oh who else is coming, I know Mike and Denise are meeting us up there, but who else is coming?” “Umm, there’s Frank, Liz, Marissa, O’Toole and Teddy coming as far as I know, Red and his girl may come up too but I. I don't know, don't need to know, don't really want to know the details, Annie, but ... if you need ... well, if you need company while Terry's away, my husband and I have a spare room you could use."Anh dipped her head, "Thank you, Janice. I think I will be okay, though. I think I need to do this. Emily Jane will be back in a week or so?" Middle of week after next." Will ... will Terry have any time off in that time?" There'll only be a one day break between two cruises, and there'll be work. And when I said I had to go home Jamul insisted on going with me, even knowing that we would probably end up in my marriage bed performing for my husband’s amusement. So that when we walked in the door I looked like hell burnt over, I’m sure, as I’d never bothered to take off my dress the whole time. The right strap on my dress had torn sometime during one of our tussles, and my nylons had so many runs in them that they looked like wolves had attacked me. And my hair had that wind tunnel look. And then next he used Anna.” Lisa chimed in.“But still...Will...I loved him...how-how-”“it’s okay, Brook. Listen, he’s-”“NO! You listen! I loved that boy! Anna-she was one of my best friends, she...I...” Brook’s anger suddenly melted into sadness. She buried her hands in her face and sobbed, “Damn, damn them all!” She stood up and ran out of the room. Sprinting down the stairs and out of the front door, she put her face in her hands and cried bitterly on the front porch.Will rested on the cold.