Laura was curled up on the shower floor tears flowing down her face, she ached in her stomach and her face stung where Ryan had attacked her. She was ...laming herself for what had happened and she really did believe Ryan was a good man, this had been a blip. She just had to make it up to him. She blamed herself for allowing Rob to control her and the kids she had enjoyed it and he hadnt actually been violent to her. Ryan had embarassed her by pissing on her but it was the least she deserved. She. "Iraq," he said with disgust. "The guy who killed our people is still running free, and that idiot had us invade Iraq and create a whole new crop of terrorists." It does seem pretty stupid," agreed Ken."You ever done any military service?" asked Costa."Nope," replied Ken. "Never occurred to me when I was younger, and I'm a little old for it now."It wasn't until after the meal, when they were waiting for dessert in fact, that Ken saw Costa give Elaine a glance. Less than a minute later, she. . It happened on the day before. December 4. Laurie's birthday would be next Sunday, and Saturday night would be party night. Laurie asked Linda to help her shopping. Linda, of course, said yes. Laurie was her big sister, and she said shopping!Laurie is an actress, and a dancer, and she was rehearsing with her group, so Linda went to meet her. She had to wait a few minutes for Laurie and, then, she saw it.Carl, one guy in Laurie's group, was waiting for someone right next to her. Linda knew. She figured the booze had to be impairing her recollection, and decided to take a quick inventory of her surroundings in order to start sorting out the fictions from the reality.She was definitely alone, and definitely in a bed, in what sure seemed to be a guest room so, she figured, she must definitely have spent the night at Alex's house.And, she definitely had no panties on.Pretty sure she hadn't intended to arrive at her boss's house commando style last night, she figured that had to be a.