"Just making sure the fellas had something to look at," he smiled. "Oh, it's still there," I nodded "So are these," I smiled as I pointed to my chest.... "I don't think any amount of working out will get rid of them," Sara said. Apparently, she had been brought into the joke, which I didn't mind. Lucy came by and sat down. "I got a few minutes," she smiled as she sat down. I hated seeing her like this. It tore at me. The usual smile and fire in her face was gone. Even though she still smiled and. I remembered a pleasant dinner and conversation, though none of the words would come to me. I was there with people I knew and people I didn’t. The dinner was important. I was meeting ... someone.Thoughts were difficult and elusive. I wished someone were there with me. I was alone here. I knew that much but not much else. I tried calling out and thought I could hear my own voice, it seemed too small, like the sound waves were bleeding off rather than carrying my voice like they should.I had the. WTF looksexchanged, two individuals coming down from the alcohol-induced highreached right before inebriation takes hold, take a stand. Literally,they both stand up, and incohesive whispers transpire between them.Jason's phone rings from within the closet.Abby's eyes tighten as her mind detects untold happenings unfolding rightbefore her. She motions Steve to the door as she investigates a phoneringing in her coat closet.Sommer is on Jason's phone as Steve answers an unknocked door."Staci!". ‘Never had to work late before,’ came the reply. ‘It’s this damn recession, the boss just keeps demanding more and more and whereas in the past everyone would have told him to get stuffed now when he says jump, everyone asks ‘how high?’ Ralph began to see Derrick working late more and more often. He was struck by how friendly he was and how laid back and calm he was even though he said he was under pressure. No matter how busy he was he always took the time to ask how Ralph was doing. Their.