I open the shower door just a crack and test the water. The steam rolls out of the stall, creeping over the mirror with smoky tentacles. That’s what...I need. I strip off my tank and panties and step in to the shower. Just as I’m leaning my head back and soaking my hair it occurs to me that I didn’t get a towel. I slide the door open to check the towel rack, but there’s nothing there. Damn.“Honey!” I call out. “I forgot to grab a towel, will you bring me one?”Your smiling face appears next to the. He said he was going to make a lot of salsa in the fall and soon would be planting cilantro and jalapeno peppers and pointed to the bed of onions on the other side of the garden. I could tell how proud he was of the garden, and he talked about how certain things do better if planted near each other, and how he had planted the garlic in the fall and pointed to the bed with tall green stems growing straight up, and how the potatoes do well under straw. I listened and loved his enthusiasm and. A diamond ring sparkled on her left hand. "It's good to see you again, Mr. Hart," she said. "We've been looking forward to your arrival." Rick had first met her two years ago while barnstorming the branch offices, and briefly but intimately at last year's stressful company conference. Her eyes were brighter than he remembered, and her smile broader and more relaxed."Rick, please, Helen," he said, taking her offered hand and shaking it warmly, with a little squeeze. "I'm happy to see you again.. Judge Jasper continued to sit therecalmly munching on a sandwich as if he hadn't seen anything. ButI knew he had, I could sense his presence in the dream. Helooked at the two of us and cleared his throat. "I'll leave you two ladies alone so you can talk." He rose upfrom the table and slowly walked away.My body was still shaking over the experience and I felt like Iwas going to vomit. I knew my friend had suffered plenty underGerald's control but I had never known the full scope of it. Now-.