They hadn't noticed me when I walked in, but when I sat down they were whispering to each other yet again (I was beginning to think that they never sp...ke above a whisper)."A shot of Jack Daniels over ice, and a Bud," I told the bartender. After getting my drinks, it was my turn to down a shot. The hot fire of the alcohol burned down my throat but warmed my body all over. I had just started nursing my beer when the redhead moved over and sat down next to me.At first she didn't speak, so I took. Can you clear things for a couple of hours?”“That long, huh?” grinned her son. “You must be planning on really enjoying yourself as well. Actually his dad bought the whole night.”“If this is to be his first time, it should be special. We’ll take it slow and easy.”“I’m sure you will,” shot back Kyle as he left leaving the two of them alone.“Lenny, I’m...” she started to lie, but for some reason did not want to with this young and vulnerable kid. “I’m Maria.”She was wearing her usual bra and. " Jennifer paused before continuing. "I uh ... I called a few weeks ago and I talked to you." O.K.," the man replied. "What's your name?" Well, I didn't give my name ... and I don't want to give it now. I'm just ... not comfortable." That's O.K. Can you remind me of what we talked about last time?" We talked about my son." She stopped again."Well, Ma'am ... by the way, can you at least tell me your first name, so I can know what to call you?" Jennifer didn't even want to give out that. Al asked, “Why do you say that?”“All of the old rules are gone, and there aren’t any new rules to take their place,” Dexter said.“Can you give me an example,” Al asked.“If you’re going to dump someone, you tell him or her to his or her face. If that isn’t possible, you write a letter ... a Dear John letter ... in which you explain things. You don’t leave a one line note or a text message,” Dexter said. “It isn’t right.”“I’ll admit that doesn’t give you much of a chance to get closure,” Al.