Need a friend to help you prepare for a party? Abbie would be there in a heartbeat. Want a buddy to go see a movie with? Abbie's your girl. Moving acr...oss town and want help with some boxes? Someone to walk the dog? To paint the house? To go the park?Abbie never let anything stand in her way of helping her friends. Unless there was some kind of emergency or if the circumstance was inappropriately dangerous, she always said yes.The nicest thing about it was that no one ever asked anything too. . had to scold him to take it off when he went out to play with the other little girls. And wait! Terri's mom *was* his mom. Of course. He remembered now.All the color drained from Rob's face as it sunk in. This memory, which was so clear in his mind, so real, so sure and true... it was a memory from Terri's childhood, not his. He was never a little girl. He didn't grow up with Terri's folks. He hadn't worn a dress. She was doing something to him! She was doing something to his mind! *She* was. I fixed the issue and got a back in my seat.The office was quiet, we were on the early shift so I decided to ask Susie what was so funny, big mistake."Nice panties you're wearing" she whispered and I immediately sensed that things were going to change.Let me tell you about myself. I have moved to a new city six months after getting divorced after a 10 year marriage. We had come to realise that our marriage was a mistake, and in reality had been dead for five more years. The issue is that I. The son-of-a-bitch was even going to try and put it on his expense report. The words printed on the slip were burned into her brain, "Marla - Room 316. Must have room for her by 6p.m." She had checked the date on the charge slip and it had been for one of the nights that he hadn't come home until late. The tears would not stop.At noon the phone rang and she almost didn't answer it, but at the last minute she picked it up, "Hello?" Jesus, what's wrong with you, you sound like you're crying" said.