" "Oh, um, well, I had kind of forgotten you were visiting, honey, sorry." She was smiling, not seeming upset or anything. "Did you finish?" I just sa...t there for a minute as the question reverberated through my head. "Um, well, no, well, that kind of took the fun out of it, you know," I mumbled wanting to change the discussion to just about anything else. "Well, I guess you get lonely without Grandma around." "Yeah, I do miss her in a lot of ways." "I'd be happy to do it for you, Grandpa." Like. I masturbated two times and went off to sleep plotting my adultery move. The next morning I asked mom whether I could take the breakfast for her and not knowing what was behind my innocence asked me take idlis to her place.I was so excited this time.. when I rang the bell I saw the goddess who was right in front of me in a black T-shirt and khaki shorts fresh from sleep. I asked her to freshen up and have break fast and invited her for lunch as stated by mom. She said will I wait so that she. One empty, one full. I sat down heavily with my dinner, and as I drank the wine, I stared at his empty glass, musing on what I was doing with my life. It wasn't like I'd blown him off for dinner, and yet...it sort of was. Was this spousal abuse of some kind? I didn't know and was too drowsy to think too much about it.I forgot, clearly, that you aren't supposed to mix Ambien and alcohol. The rules are clear on that. But I was headed straight to bed, so it didn't matter, right? I distinctly. If I'dstayed with her she wouldn't have been able to overdose." Shush, it's not your fault. We all knew Kate was having a hard time.You didn't rape her. You're not responsible." Hal soothed and comfortedLinda.Dr. Connors and Dr. Richards entered, Hal turned to them, Annie pulledLinda into a hug and the two women, joined by a love for the patient,wept."How soon can we transfer her to the airport?" he asked.Tom replied, "Hal, she's stable. There's still a broken nose to treat,but that can wait.