That worked out as Mary's most fertile time of the month but they found no need to mention it. Feeling some remorse, Tony did tell Helen of the planne...d servicing of Mary and after some thought she agreed that it should happen although she still had some reservations. The fact that she and Mary were closer than most sisters and she knew of her despair made her decision relatively easy.It suited Helen and Tony to have the weekend away because they were a bit jaded and felt that it would do them. "I like being your friend."She returned his smile and started skipping before falling into a normal walk.Matilda was heading to her apartment at the end of the hall when she stopped in front of her old one. She stared at the door. It was no longer crisscrossed with yellow police tape but she knew it was still vacant. It brought back memories; most bad but some good -- the ones with Bobby were good. Taking a step towards Leon's apartment, she hesitated before taking the second step. Still. The first of course was my mom was in my courtand the relief of that was like the world's weight having been liftedfrom my shoulders. The other revelation, courtesy of my mom, replacedthat weight with that of the whole freak'n Galaxy's?. What had been nomore a little tickle or itch in my brain got very real when my momconnected my dad's work with how someone might view my change as anopportunity to screw my dad. I didn't have to look hard for the keyplayer in all this - Brad had been at the. "What is it about girls dressed this way that gets you guys so excited anyway? I never have understood that," Brenda said moving into my arms.What followed was a wonderful hour of mutually satisfying touching and feeling of the other person. She still didn't want to go all the way, but as far as we went was absolutely wonderful. I also respected her right not to go all the way. When she was ready, I would be there for her.Winter had set in with a vengeance. I had placed a lot of weight in the.