“You do, but I pay the majority of them,” she says.“No can do, I was in here first,” he says mockingly. “You’re just going to have to be q...uicker next time.”His mother has fallen silent and he figures that she has given up until she says, “Here’s an idea. It’s going to sound crazy, but I think it will help the both of us.”“Yeah?” he questions, his curiosity piqued. “What’s that?”“The shower is pretty big and I’m sure we can both fit in it back to back,” she begins. “We can shower at the same. Carol stormed back into the living room and I thought all hell was about to let loose. Brenda just looked at her and smiled. “So, now you know our little secret, then??” she said, sheepishly.“SECRET!!!!” Carol was on the warpath. “SECRET????” Oh boy, was she ever!Carol went off the deep end (nothing unusual there – lol!) telling Brenda and Steve how disgusting it was, how you shouldn’t be having sex with your k**s etc etc..... yawn!Then Brenda pointed out that, until Debbie let the cat of the. A walking Greek statue. I try to calm myself, taking deep breaths as she approaches. As we stand before one another, staring silently, we speak. Yet these are not words heard by any but us, our souls communicating through a shared thread of existence. I reach to touch her face, and upon contact it is as though a million tiny firecrackers explode in my fingertips. I see visions of our past, of years and lifetimes we have shared holding, clinging to one another. Yes I know this woman; this is. "So I guess our friends are trying to play cupid," Lacey said with amusement in her voice, as she sat back down. "Sit down if you want," she offered to him. He sat next to her. "Thank you," he said softly. Luke looked over at Brad and Kady, smiling brightly. "Yes it looks like they think since they found each other, they now know whom belongs with whom." Lacey barely dared to steal a glance at Luke. "So you're from London? How long are you here for?" Luke shrugged his jacket off, unbuttoned his.