Having not been there in quite some time I thought it might be worth a swing through to see who was there and what was going on. I had hopes of reconn...ecting with some of the married and mildly bi guys who cruise that area for quick head on the way home. It was early evening so my timing was perfect to hit the head while heading home to momma crowd. I pulled off the Kenwood exit and went down the hill to the old Rt 66 route. It was a beautiful evening, not too hot, nice breeze in the canyon. It was almost noon when a knock came to my door. I ignored it.Then I could hear Olivia's voice. "Abby? Are you there Abby?" Please go away." Abby, we were supposed to meet at Starbucks this morning. Where have youbeen?" I'm ... sick. I'm sorry." Please open up. Let me take care of you, Abby." I...I can't." Please?"And so I opened the door, just a crack. "I need to be by myself today,Olivia. I'm sorry."Olivia pushed the door open. I retreated a couple of steps, then turnedaway."What...what is. “You can see the Milky Way stretching across the sky down toward the south, and this Christmas, if you look straight up at midnight, you’ll see Jupiter and Saturn right next to each other. Sirius will be over there,” he pointed to the southeast, “and Orion’s belt will be right there, next to the Milky Way.” He pointed again.Tanya chuckled, remembering why Jupiter and Saturn would be so close. “Some people think the world is going to end when all the planets line up this year.”“Do you think the. "No kidding, Nat. I figured that out all by myself. The question is why are you back? Is something wrong? Is it Todd? Or Mom and Dad?"Sheila was starting to panic herself and for that I was sorry. I didn't mean to worry her. I just wanted her out of this other man's arms. I took a deep breath."Sheila, calm down. Everyone is fine. I just came back to see if I could take you to dinner. I figured you wouldn't feel like cooking after working on the apartment all day."Sheila went limp until my next.
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