You want me to get you a beer and an ice pack?" Yeah ... that would be ... nice. I'll be out in a couple of minutes." Okay, I'll have my head in front... of the air conditioner when you need me."Need him, that really wasn't a turn of phrase I needed to hear right then. The only thing I could think about was how much I needed someone, and Tommy was really the only option. No, I had to stop thinking like that. I couldn't risk my relationships with my family. If my sister found out that I'd seduced. "You've got to be kidding," Kelly protested. But the ice forming in his stomach had to mean that he already believed it."Nope, we talked to Barbie, too. It's not just some joke of Dad's. She told Pete and I that if we ever called her Mom she'd put us on restriction for a month." He laughed."But they've only known each other for two days! Why didn't someone wake me up? You've *got* to be kidding!" Kelly was almost wailing."Don't take it so hard, kid," Richard smiled. "I'm still available. We. Well, the upshot was that when I awoke in hospital afterwards, I had no memory of much that had happened in my life before the acci­dent. And apparently it's gone for good, as is the damaged brain tissue, so to all intents and purposes, my life only began on that day five years ago."However—and this is the part that concerns you—is it all right to call you Jenny—I have subsequently found out that I used to be a complete and utter bastard and that I have done things that I now find shameful;. Having come back to what had just occurred, he smiled and nodded his head in approval. He began to back away, scared that he was crossing a line, when she firmly placed his hand back upon her hips with her free hand. He came back behind her and held her close, taking in as much of her scent as he could without being noticed. She shot more without pause and began letting her guard down with each shot until her hips began to move more with the recoil. She could feel him, and he knew, but she.