Of course, hearing the voice of my dead wife whispering in my left ear at odd times just reinforced the thought that I was experiencing a psychotic br...eak.Eventually though, with the help of friends I made over the next few years, I’d come to adjust to my situation. My new reality. I think it was Anna, my lovely Anna, that finally grounded me to the point where I could accept my new reality.We’d been married almost a year. When I had the time to think about it, I still found it hard to believe. " She gestures with her eyes at me as if her last statement was a question."Yeah, yeah, no complaints from me. Damn, girl. wow. So how's you sister doing? Married? Kids?" I am trying to get some information from her to see if Diana and I can start back where we left off. "She's good. No man and no little rugrats. She's actually suppose to be coming to visit me this weekend. So..." This was just what I wanted to hear. As she pulled out her phone, she gave me her number and I gave her my. Candace was looking for him now, which was why she was heading for theMer training pool. She was concerned. Javier had been distant lately.He was being quiet and withdrawn and refused to talk about it whenCandace questioned him. She noticed he tensed in the presence of theguards and refused to make eye contact with them. She assumed it wassomething sexual but hoped it was just his reaction to the normalattention men would give to his increasingly female form.He was not at the training pool.. " He said, then hung up.An hour later, Ivan woke me. "Dinner's ready if you want to join us, Boss." Yeah." I got up. "Sure." I couldn't even remember the last time I ate with the boys.Everyone was at the table, fully dressed - which was depressing - when I got there. Dinner was good, but I was too tired to enjoy it. The boys were unusually quiet as well.Reality had finally returned and I hated it."What time do you want breakfast tomorrow, Boss?" Zane asked. "I thought I'd do something special.".