Grace looked from her brother to her friend. ‘I’m going to go call mom and dad and let them know they took Mia back for the transplant,’ she sai...d softly before quickly leaving the waiting room. ‘How are you holding up?’ Tyler asked. ‘By a thread,’ Lily admitted, not looking at him. ‘Lily, look at me,’ Tyler said. When Lily didn’t comply, Tyler tilted her face towards his. ‘Lily, why did you let me think there had been someone else?’ Tyler wanted to know. ‘Because you couldn’t even stand up to. Hidden away in my closet, packed in sealed garment bags, preserved with moth balls, were all my sexy outfits. Hidden from them was my depression, my loneliness, my wishing that Jeff was still there with me. I had always felt that Jeff and I would grow old together, spending our golden years sitting on our porch in his and her rocking chairs, but a construction site crane malfunctioned and robbed me of all those dreams. Widowed at 35, with nothing to look forward to in my golden years except. I left the Cloak alone that night close to 1AM. I didn't mind since I was likely to be discovered and I couldn't use drunk as an excuse. I couldn't use hangover for an excuse not to walk, so I dressed myself and left for breakfast first thing the next morning.About once a month I got away without breakfast at Helen's place. I did it with the old too much to drink last night, excuse. Almost every adult could relate to it. so I hardly even got noticed except for a 'hope you feel better hon.' The. “I guess there was a call,” I told her. I sat down on the bed and picked up the phone. I ended up calling the main desk and asking for the message; voice mail systems didn’t exist yet in 1978. I got a room number and was told to call Captain Summers there. I hung up the phone, and then picked it back up again, and dialed the room direct.“Captain Summers.”“Captain, this is Lieutenant Buckman. You called for me, sir?”“Yes, Lieutenant. I was wondering when you were getting up. I wanted to get a.