"Yes... I... my tire..." I mumbled with embarrassment.What's wrong with you? You talk to men all the time, why are you flustered?The grown-up on my sh...oulder spoke in my ear as I stood there foolishly unable to speak.You're twenty-five years old, not fifteen. "Is that tire low again?" he asked."Ummm, I don't know," I muttered.He smiled at me as he came around the counter and opened the door for me, "Let's go look."As I passed he put his hand on my lower back and led me through the door. Just. "Yes, Mom," Mikee said."We will, Mom," Kelly chimed in before Mikee closed the door."Hi, girls," I said and gave them a quick group hug. We hadn't talked since they outed me to Robbie. I took their hands, and we walked down the steps to Tami on the street. She gave each girl a hug, then took Mikee's hand. I took Kelly's and put my arm around her back, my hand sliding naturally into the back pocket of her cut-offs.We walked up the street toward my house. The sun had just gone down, and the night. " You will, Miss Sullivan, unless there is some unforeseen tragedy. In which case, I will not survive you fo' long." Julius..." She hated talking about him dying even if she did know the truth of it."If you would hush up an' let me finish, you can whine at me all ya want." She made a face at him but kept quiet. "Thank you. Now. My personal assets are limited to the cash in my accounts, this house and my car, and a few odds an' end of stock holdings, 401k, an' such. My point is that, I have more. Today I was home from work, I don't work in the rain. In short, 12pm I got a ring at doorbell. It was my best friends 27 yr old daughter. This was first time she came to my place. She lives 40 minutes away. I was shocked to see her at my door. In short, she came in, I thought she was going to tell me she was pregnant. After calming down internally. I made her a coffee. She went to bathroom. I was there sitting at kitchen table in jeans/shirt. She walked into bathroom also with jeans, swet top..