We both stood there smiling and relieved. I realized rite then that she also considers me a good friend.That same night I went was out with friends an...d came home at about midnight, Judy was out with Aimee and came home about 10 minutes later. I got a friendly hug from both of them. I was all smiles hoping to get another threesome going but before I could get my hopes up, Aimee announced that she could only stay for a few minutes, because she has a family function to go to very early and. “McDonald’s.”I frowned. “Not. What are your plans for the day?” I asked, taking a sip of coffee.“I thought I’d study for school,” she calmly announced.I choked on a mouthful of coffee, coughed hard and looked at her. The angelic smile, a Mona Lisa-like smile, showed her amusement. “Okay. Got me. What are you really planning for the day?” I coughed to clear my lungs again.“I thought I’d go to church,” she announced.“Right. And pull my other leg.”Sia laughed, bright, light, happy. It made me. ‘Oh, God, forgive me!’ he thought and he saw in his mind’s eye his wife’s loving eyes, bright with amusement. Did that mean she gave her blessing? ‘Do you mean that, love?’ he asked her, and felt a warmth run through him as it came to him that Caron would want him to live on, and that included the romantic part of his life too. Stan felt a great weight lifting from over him. It wasn’t a physical thing, more like an oppressive feeling that had now dissipated. Now he had things to do. Stan went. Lydia and I followed in step. We walked onto a tidy terrace, containing one wooden table and two benches, enough to seat six people comfortably. Entrance into the apartment was through the big glass doors on the terrace. The apartment was actually really big – almost double the size of our studio apartment at home. It was clean and obviously recently refurbished, as everything inside felt new and almost unused. The place had a living space with sofa, coffee table, a wall-mounted TV, a small.