"Morning," I replied."I hope you're taking a shower before you go out today," Mom said asshe placed a plate of hot pancakes on the table."Of course," ... said just as Neil walked into the room."Mom, can I go over Daryl's... Damn Charlie put some clothes on!" hesaid covering his eyes."I do have clothes on," I said"Real clothes, not that girly stuff. Come on man!" he added."Zip it Neil, your sister looks nice, even if she did sleep in hermakeup," My mom said."I change my mine, I'm not hungry," I. "But I'll put you in the best place." Laura was impressed. "You know the owner? How do you know the owner? You haven't been here in ten years." We had a few drinks and at the first moment of awkward silence I whispered "You're beautiful." Jimmy!" she squealed, "I'm like your big sister!" She reached across the table to caress my face just as Julian arrived with appetizers that we didn't order. "Stuffed Zucchini Flowers," he said, "I made them myself." I could have killed him.We decided to go. I very much fear whatever your ‘hair-brained scheme’ is to take the Consultant down.’ ‘Don’t worry about that.’ I said. ‘And speaking of hair-brained schemes… ‘ I was shaking my head. ‘Fortunately, Cindy recognized the smell of the explosives and got you all out in time.’ ‘Yes, she was very brilliant and decisive in that.’ said Phyllis. I looked over at Cindy. ‘How long have you known?’ she asked. Nice deflection, there, I thought to myself. ‘For a long time.’ I said. I reached over to my. Ugh, why did I get married so young? I have always been so rash. Seeing him every week just helps confirm that I am not with the person that I was intended to be with. What makes it worse is that he is with one of my very best friends. This is so wrong on so many levels. One weekend, when he was home, we got to talking about my upcoming trip to the town where he goes to college. I told him that I had to run some "bigger city" errands. We laughed and made plans to meet for a late lunch that day..