She had looked in Sandy's bedroom and she had helpfully sorted out all of her belongings before she had killed herself. This made Grace cry again; the...very thought that she had spent the last days of her life organising her own death.It hit her that suddenly she would have the rest of her life without her only friend and this scared her. But her loss was more than that, she felt she should have been there for her, Sandy was her friend and she let her down when she needed her the most. Why was. " Well, I've got a girl I'd like to call my girlfriend. I could call her and see if she would come to dinner with me on short notice. Will your girlfriend be there too?" I'm like you, I've got a girl I'd like to call my girlfriend that I'll call and invite." Okay, let me make my call. I'll call back in a few minutes."While I waited for his call back, I called Kelli."Hi Cooper sweetie!" she smiled through the phone. No I swear, I could almost see the smile."Hi yourself, sweetie," I returned in. You ready?" Mike asked me from a stool in the corner."Yeah, I guess so. Let's get this over with." Enough with the chat, off with the clothes. All the way," a voice."Yeah, let's put on a show." Mike raised his hands in the air and did alittle dance, like he was in the club."You," Greta pointed at him, "out for this part. You can wait in myoffice."Hands still up, but now in defense, Mike backed out of the room andclosed the door.I stood there, not entirely willing to get naked in front of a. So for now I was keeping my plan firmly under wraps. If the key element, the one I was counting on and around which everything else revolved, proved out, then I could reconsider. I could even abort at that point, with whatever obscure satisfaction I could glean from the fact that my idea was at least viable, and move in another direction. But I needed the confidence that at least a possible resolution could give me.Monday evening was the nadir for me. With little option I had drinks and dinner.