Then all the fun stopped as COVID shut things down.So, we have gotten back to the current day. I was working one afternoon last week and my phone rang.... I did not recognize the number, but things were slow at work and something made me pick it up. When I heard the caller speak, I smiled. It was Allen. We chatted for a while about “old times” and before the call was over, we had come up with a plan. The following Monday would be “go time”. He wanted it and I wanted it.Over the next few days, we. Eeewww!" I know he's a nerd, but he's my cousin and I love him," replied Lori,insulted. "And you don't have to be a bitch about it!" Sorry," said Brian, realizing he pissed her off."You should be, and why is it insane!? What I did for you is insane! Andthat you pulled it off is insane!" said Lori, going off on him. "Ihelped you take my place, maneuvered things, trained you, made you upand all so you could live out your dream to go to a super bowl and nowyou are! If I asked you to jump off a. Moai was probably the last person he was expecting, but the sight of her broke loose the worst of his grief. He cried hard for a good five minutes before his pain and sadness burned itself out, leaving him nearly calm and suddenly aware of where he was and of the soft, feminine arms holding him.He felt, through her arms, strange, foreign emotions, things that he had never felt before, emotions for which he had no name. Whatever it was, though, he liked it and so for another minute, he was. ” We were in that post-coital time when the bed felt so good that I wanted to pull a pillow over my eyes and go to sleep, but Colleen wanted to talk.“Brian knew me better than I ever knew myself. We were together for so long that it was nearly impossible to think about my life after his death. It’s a good thing I had our children during those first years as a widow. They kept me sane and gave me a reason to live, instead of crawl in a hole and die.”There was nothing constructive for me to add.