“You don’t have to thank me for doing my goddamned job.” And with that I turned to escape this awkward exchange.The world continued to wobble ar...ound me but I didn’t let it show. I wouldn’t look weak in front of the boys, so I forced myself to walk in a straight path towards the tree line. In there I dropped my drawers and took a much needed piss.I cleaned myself up in the solitude of some tree cover and felt more like myself with each passing minute. A good piss and a big drink of water. "Yeah, I cleaned some stuff. Moved some stuff around." Carly said as she walked in the door and sat some Get Well Soon balloons down on the counter.Freddie came in, carrying grocery bags."Should I put this food up or just leave it here on the kitchen counter so you can have faster access to it?" He jokingly asked Sam.Sam acted like she was thinking about it as she spread some mayo on a piece of bread. "Go ahead and put them away." She grabbed some bacon, and sliced a tomato to complete her BLT.. God looked surprisingly European. Closing his left eye, Bill pointed with his right hand and slowly traced down Adam’s arm that reached out to his Maker, wondering what it must feel like to touch the hand of God… Suddenly, he was surrounded by fire and a man’s voice was screaming, ‘Faith! Faith…’ That’s when Bob shook him, ‘Bill, wake up buddy.’ Opening his eyes, Bill could barely distinguish the concerned face hovering over him. ‘I’m awake,’ he said, struggling to straighten up, and feel. Using the sofa as a backrest, you pull the blanket around our shoulders. We sat there for hours in front of the fire just talking about everything we had been through together in the past, both the good times and the bad. You tell me that while you were on holiday it was the first time we had ever really been that far apart for any length of time, and it made you start thinking about things. You then begin telling me how you realized that from the first day we met we have always been there for.