” Cecil found her shoes and supported herself on my shoulder to put them on as I remained sitting and she stood. Leaning over so that we were almos...t nose-to-nose she said “I really enjoyed talking with you – even dancing.” Given how close we were I was even more mesmerized by her eyes than before. Without thinking I responded “You have spectacularly beautiful blue eyes,” eliciting an enormous grin from Cecil. Realizing that it wasn’t something appropriate for me to say to someone forty years. ”I disconnected the call then dialed Samantha’s private number. Keri answered and said Samantha was on the phone, but that she’d call back, which she did about ten minutes later.“What’s up?” I asked.“You’re the fourth person to know, but Brian and I are expecting in March.”“Congratulations! You, Brian, and your mom?”“Yep. Well, my OB/GYN knows, too, but that’s different.”“Tell Brian congratulations as well, and I’ll see him at Guys’ Night on Saturday.”“Thanks. I assume your sister filled you in. ” But I did. I took the meds the government gave me as directed. What were they?The woman gives me an understanding nod and wipes my face with a damp cloth. “You had quite a cocktail in your system, judging by what we found in your apartment,” she says.“What?”She tsks and shakes her head. “You had a reaction to something you took. When you’re feeling better, you’ll need to tell us where you got unauthorized meds. There’s also the matter of illegal foodstuffs, but that can wait.”“No! I didn’t! I. She was the one who paid the rent for her jobless father-in-law and fixed him his meals with absolutely no appreciation at all. Mitzi was just happy that he didn't pester her for sex and did silly things like getting his jollies watching the over-sexed neighbor lady bend over an ironing board wear just a skimpy thong. She liked to wear a thong too because she liked the way it rubbed on her brown eye when she walked or even just when she turned to the left or to the right. Right now it was.