Somebody I know,” he said as he glanced at Lobo, “was a bit slow on the uptake when the kitty-cat came calling.”Lobo dropped his ears and looked... embarrassed, but Morales grinned at him. Going on, he told Gertrude, “But ... he’s saved my ass many times and is the best friend I’ve ever had.”Running his hand over Gertrude’s head and on down her back several times, he offered the food again. She made her contented, “puck, puck, pucking” sound and went after the roast, tentatively at first, but. And flew to Louisiana to get married when we found out he could go to jail in Tennessee for messing with a seventeen year old girl.But Susan: now she's my best friend at school, and she's part of my life, and she's getting married to one of Alan's friends and co-workers. And she's my adopted sister.There's another adopted sister who just astounds people on so many levels, and that's Cindy.How do you meet Cindy? Oh, you go off for a weekend, flying to take in a Bach concert, and you walk into a. "You seem to get along with Gail pretty well, almost like you were sisters," I said as I took the offered can."Yeah, she's a nice kid. Too bad her folks are so conservative. She's kind of latched onto me like I was her big sister." I noticed a lot of glances between you two today. It almost looked like ESP." Oh, you noticed that? Yeah, we've talked enough to get pretty comfortable with each other. Gail's called me several times, just to talk." What do you talk about?" I was curious. I've never. Under his green work clothes Jerry revealed a gray t-shirt with the words ‘Just Do Me’ written across his chest. ‘That’s just priceless. I don’t think I want to know where you got that shirt, do I?’ Alicia laughed as Jerry buttoned his shirt back up and tucked it into his pants. ‘Probably not,’ Jerry laughed. ‘I have a feeling this meeting is going to suck.’ ‘I wouldn’t doubt it. At least I am getting paid for being off the floor, who knows. Maybe I will be lucky and can catch a few ZZZ’s.