She cradled and held me like a baby until I was completely at peace."Can you talk?" She asked with a concerned look.A big smile spread across my face ...as we made eye contact again. "Did you know how wonderful you are?"For a moment we laughed, then her expression changed back to serious. "I'm sorry... about not calling you. There were some problems."What sort of problems? I wondered, knowing that they couldn't possibly be any worse than I had imagined. But it was better not to ask. I figured when. " You're still beautiful, Lucy!" Yeah, now I know that you don't prefer a younger girl. But... I felt horrible in these last weeks, you know?" I'm sorry." And you're keeping this from me for twenty years!" I'm sorry, I just..." You have to tell me, Roger! All about it." Frank and I, we're..." Frank. You're fucking Frank!" Yes." Obviously. Frank is bisexual, Janet is bisexual, Julie is bisexual, you are bisexual... It seems I'm surrounded by bisexuals, and you thought I would have a problem with. Every time somebody mentioned Cindy out here, I couldn't help but smile. Randy was one of the bunch that started the 'Apprentice Engineer' tag. I flipped my cellphone open and did a quick text to Cindy: "I'll be a little late this evening. Call me when you get out of school."I walked into a couple of my other substations and talked with my electrical crew and technicians, killing time, short-stopping a few issues, then retired to my office and worked though signing off some test reports. I. . well ... went to all of that trouble,” Betsy said.“It was no trouble at all.”Betsy pulled out a tissue from her purse. While wiping her eyes, she said, “Look at me. I feel like I’ve been crying all night long.”Sally hugged Betsy. In a soft voice, she said, “That’s okay.”“I guess I’d better go,” Betsy said, “before I really get soppy.”“Good night,” Sally said.“Good night,” Betsy said.She watched Sally go into apartment before leaving for her condo. The Hawaiian weather was its normal glorious.