He knew he was screwed. He would not be let out of the house for the rest of the summer if his crime were revealed. Stunned he looked at us for suppor...t.“What are we going to do?” he whispered to us.I shrugged my shoulders and looked at Mike.Mike guardedly asked. “If we let you stay for a while and look around, will you do whatever we say when we say it?”“Are you nuts?” Billy exclaimed, “We can’t let her stay.”“Have you got a better idea? At least this way we have some control over the. I began to think I was passing you in importance, earning just as much as you were even though I’d only been working for a couple of years. I know that was unfair, but I was thinking that you would never be anything more than what you were, while I might end up being an executive. I guess I started to look for faults in you that explained why you accepted that role.’ I had an impulse to say something, but I didn’t. She was right. I had accepted my role. I hadn’t fought for or sought anything. She said, “Lift him up so I can pull these down.” I went across and did what she asked me to do. She slipped them off, folded them and placed them on a chair. I asked, “Is that it, can I call for my taxi now?” She came towards me, said nothing, looked up and stared into my eyes, made me feel really small and inadequate. As we both looked at each other, she stepped onto the bed and faced me. She kissed me softly on the lips and to my utter dismay said, “Would you like to do more than just. ” “A thousand times.” he laughed taking another slice. Over the course of the meal, they had pleasant conversation, Toni mostly curious about naval life on a submarine. Although he couldn’t go into details about his missions, Mike was more than happy to share stories about his shipmates. He had her laughing with stories of various shipmates’ bouts with claustrophobia and seasickness. With just a few remaining slices of pizza left, they began to clean up. Toni was kind of sad, she was enjoying.