"Hey, Michael!" Who is this?" I didn't get calls from girls."Jenaveve," she replied. "Do you prefer Mike or Michael?" I prefer Michael." I turned the ...TV off and lay down on the couch. "I have my dad's name and everybody called him Mike. He died so when people call me Mike I think about him." I'm sorry." It's okay," I said. "What's up?" Can I come over?"I sat up and stared at the phone for a second."Michael!" Sorry, Jenaveve," I said. "Yeah! Come by! Today?"The doorbell rang."It's me," she said.. " I insist that you take it. Like I said this morning at breakfast, I can and will help out with the food bill." You're helping by paying for the stuff to fix things around the house."With the look I got from mom, I decided to put the money back in my pocket and start loading the pickup with the supplies and tools as mom asked, "Clare, are you going with me or with Jim?" I'll go with Jim so that I'm there with him to help him and put my clothes over into the dryer." Is there anything you want. With an evil smile she whispers enticingly, "After five years of marriage, and almost six and half years together, the way you made love to me today was almost enough to make me sad it was the last time you'll ever touch me, but such is life." Twirling suddenly releasing him, her hair flying wildly around her face, she heads out the bedroom door and down stairs.Surprised, Ralph stood in total confusion at what he has just heard. Then retying his towel, he runs out of the bedroom, "Callista,. I was inconsolable, I was numb, I didn't know what to do.Finally, after several minutes of crying, I composed myself and wentoff in search of a member of station staff. The man at the desk was nohelp at all, offering little more than a phone number for the lostproperty department. The next train was in an hour, I could get on thatand travel to the next station in the hope someone had got off with mydress and was waiting for me - or I could wait where I was and hopethat someone would do the.
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