Matthew and I came back to our house around 11pm and watched TV while waiting for Stacey to come back and we'd all drive together. Matthew and I were ...sitting on the couch watching TV when Stacey came in about a half hour later. To make a long store shorter, Stacey said that she was tired and didn't feel like going to her friend’s house. Stacey went and changed into a simple long t-shirt and came into the living room where Matthew and I were sitting watching TV. She said something like "move. I’ve got to get to the club soon. About thirty minutes.”“I’m not going out tonight, and maybe not ever again.“Whoa. That’s harsh.”“I’ve found my man.”She grabbed him and hugged him and kissed him full on the lips. She gently used the tip of her tongue and licked his eyelids, his earlobe, and gain kissed his lips. Bitch, silly or not, she was sweet, he thought.Her eyes were all bright and shining. Finally, she let go and went into the. "Kate? Sweetheart, are you there?" He spoke softly into the receiver wedged between his shoulder and ear, in case he was crazy and imagining things.Kate heard him say her name, but kept her eyes shut tight, unable to bear seeing his side of the bed empty. She replied in a quiet voice that hovered on the brink of tears, "I'm here. But, oh God, I wish you were too." Hearing her voice so soft and vulnerable, clogged his throat with sadness. "I wish I could be too, babe."She smiled, keeping her. I was carrying itnow in my purse together with some cash. I had an identity now.I heard the bus driver announcing the next stop; that was my stop. Ilooked ay my wrist watch, it was 8.45, and I was going to be there ontime for my 9.00 o'clock appointment.CHAPTER 17The girl in the reception area asked me to wait for a few minutes; MissAnnie was busy in her office with the new girls, she would see meshortly. I sat at the edge of a chair feeling on edge! The girls werealready there.The office door.