" Yes, I said that."Where is the psycho?" No, I didn't say that."Thank you, Cully. It's meant the world to him. It really has. And to me too, boy. Tha...t's very kind of you. And he looks so cool driving it."She never said that about me behind that wheel. No, she had, I must confess. 3 times in fact."Where's he at?" Gettin' his hair trimmed. I told him I was going to check on you, make sure you got my note. We ate at Country Kitchen. It was just delicious. I had the corn beef hash. Well, we both. "I love you so much, Jack." I love you too, Amy," he breathed, surrendering completely as we began to make love slowly.We'd gotten the desperation out of the way and this one would be nice and long, a sweet romantic and clear-headed consummation of our new relationship. I had Mommy privledges now and I wasn't going to give them back."I want to see Gina again," Dad said. He seemed unhappy and I didn't know why. I felt great, except I was getting really tired."Why?" I'd just made him some. But I guess the thrill's part of the game.Before he headed upstairs, Robert made one quick pass through the living room. He turned on the porch light, making sure the walk was clear and the front door unlocked, and went upstairs to get ready for his guest.He's so fucking boring, Megan thought as she drove down the street. I know what I used to see in him, she thought, but the excitement's been gone for a long time. She supposed it happened to most of the people she knew, but actually looking. ‘You’re all right… you’re all right…’ He felt the darkness creep up around his field of vision, and for a moment he concentrated on trying to attain peace within, and for a quick moment thought on his friends from high school and university, guys who’d settled, and thought for a moment that it might be worth it not to chase the highest goal, if it meant not knowing what it felt like to lose it. But then he thought further back, to the first time he heard Trish say ‘I love you’, and even though.