" Cool" Mike said as he and Jeff headed for the car.Jeff and Caroline got in the back and Mike joined me up front. As we drove to the drive in we talk...ed about what the boys were doing with their summer vacation and what they thought they would be doing when they headed off to college in the fall. About a half-mile from the drive in Mike said:"Mom, can I ask you to do me a favor?" Of course sweetie. What do you want?" Could we stop so I can trade places with Jeff? I don't mean to be insulting to. That inviting look told me everything I needed to know.I wanted so badly to leave.I wanted to take you back to my place and strip off the clothes that cloaked our vulnerabilities. Lay next to you on the bed so our hands could discover what each of our bodies were for. Fit our pornographic fantasies together like puzzle pieces until our eyes rolled back in orgasmic perpetuity.Somehow, you were able to touch those visions in my head. You grabbed my hand and pulled me outside, leading me away from. .? Love...?” Anastasia's cruelest laugh belted out and filled the emptiness of the studio. Her cackling continued as Jacob shivered at her feet, on the verge of sobbing. “When the fuck have you ever cared about fairness? And love? You think a scum-fuck like you is capable of LOVE?!?”Another gale of laughter ruptured the room and tore into Jacob's psyche. Her breasts heaved as Ana's body shook with howls of incredulity.“Maybe if you spend the rest of your sad existence beneath my heel, where you. I don't mean to be disrespectful. You might catch me having a beer once in a while. But beyond that, no. Alcohol and drugs are poison in a band environment, as far as I'm concerned."I glanced over at Dave, and he'd maintained a smile. Holy shit. He wasn't fazed by that remark! It was immediately apparent that in the eyes of Evie, Dave, and Paul, she'd aced my two questions.Evie, observant as always, took note of my changed demeanor. "You okay, hon?" she asked, smiling sweetly. "You don't seem.