We figured that we would ask you first." One thing, you said that you didn't mind Steve visiting." Of course." I'd like him to meet Amy. I don't want ...her coming down the hall and seeing a man that she has never met. How about Tuesday, he's off that night." Of course. And we'll make it early." They didn't need to do that for Shannon, but she knew that this was a lost cause. Mrs. Jensen was still breast feeding Peggy, and expressing one bottle was her limit.Steve showed up, by design, well before. .. it’s not quite the watch mine is but it IS a New Zealand birthday present ... for a nine year old it was a decent timepiece. A Rolex Submariner ... for a four year old it’s pretentious as all get out. And we had synchronized the time.The brat took off and left me still in the clutches of Mr Lieutenant Asshole.I could hear her cackling as she sped away.“This doesn’t count!” I hollered.“Does. He’s a course obstruction!”He didn’t turn me loose until she’d won.No ... wasn’t deliberate ... his. I drank until I either passed out or fell asleep, I don't know which and I really don't think it mattered.Sunday morning I woke up on the sofa hugging the empty vodka bottle to my chest. I had a major headache and my stomach didn't feel much better. After I showered and changed I felt a little better but I couldn't get rid of the feeling that I had a large hole in my life. I kept thinking about Lisa and the last night we spent together. I just couldn't believe that she could have stopped loving. Her parents wanted nothing to do with her. She was working at a fast food restaurant and living in a boarding house. She wasn’t sure who the father was, she had been drinking at a party and met some college guys. She couldn’t remember the name of the boy she eventually went upstairs with, only that he was being really nice to her and that she liked the attention of an older boy.I asked her why she kept coming back to our church. She explained that she knew she was a weak and terrible person and.