The
Empathy Pill
by Sterling
Chapter 2 of 3 Luke
and Laurie -- and Meghan
Francine
Smith had parlayed her women's studies degree into a position in
university administration. Her younger brother Frank Smith had trained
as a psychiatrist who retained a strong interest in talk therapy. He
had been intrigued when Francine had told him about the campus trial of
the Empathy Pill. So when he saw the notice of clinical trials of the
same drug for couples counseling he had jumped on it. It was an
opportunity to use his drug-prescribing powers in combination with his
talk therapy practice. It was easy to see how it could be revolutionary.
Dr.
Smith sat in his big chair. His clients Luke Jackson and Laurie Fisher
sat on the sofa, a wide space separating them. Laurie had her legs
crossed, free foot pointing away from Luke, hands folded across her
chest. Her nose was up in the air just a touch, looking away from her
husband, frown on her face. Luke was the mirror image. They had been
coming to couples counseling for nearly a year. Each insisted that they
wanted to save the marriage more than anything. Each thought all
problems were exclusively the fault of the other.
"I have the
pills here with me. You signed all the papers a month ago, though I
should ask once more if you are truly willing to undergo this
experimental treatment."
"If there's some chance it will make him start being reasonable, I'm
all for it," said Laurie.
"Right. If it might make her start seeing things sensibly, I'm all for
it," said Luke. "How does it work again?"
"You
take one of these pills before bedtime. It takes several hours to kick
in. And then you'll wake up the next morning and you will be eager to
do what the other one wants. Then a couple days later, the other person
should take the pill."
"I'm magically going to want what she wants? That's kind of scary --
but it's just for a day, right?"
"Right. Though perhaps those insights will last."
"Anything's worth a shot," said Laurie.
"There's one more detail... When you do something for your partner that
they don't want you to remember, you don't remember it."
"That sounds weird."
"In preliminary trials, it seemed to make the treatment more effective."
Luke
woke up early. He knew what Laurie would really like -- breakfast in
bed! He crept out to the kitchen and started the coffee brewing, the
bacon cooking. Twenty minutes later he brought a tray in to Laurie, who
was just waking up.
"What? Is this some kind of joke?" she said, suspicions up.
"No, no, I took the pill last night. I guess it must be working. I
thought you'd really like this, so here it is for you."
They had argued for two weeks about who would take the pill first,
without any resolution. Luke had given in.
Laurie
had a sip of the coffee and a bite of the toast. He could tell she
appreciated how the bacon was done just right, the eggs over easy, just
a bit browned. He could also tell she was confused and could use some
time alone.
"I'll just take a shower," he said. When he was
done, he cleaned the hair out of the trap, and carefully put the
bathmat back over the bar. He was dimly aware that he didn't usually do
those things. But today it was so clear -- Laurie would really
appreciate them, so he was happy to do them.
When he had emerged
from the shower, he got dressed quickly. He'd be willing to stay home
from work for Laurie -- but he knew she did want him to succeed at his
job, and he had a presentation today. Laurie headed for the shower. He
took her tray out the kitchen and washed the dishes, then grabbed a
muffin to eat on his commute. He knew she'd spend several hours working
from home via the web. Her job was web site design and maintenance.
That
afternoon he brought home flowers. He then got out the oil and fixed
the squeaking door, he trimmed that hanging branch Laurie had
complained about. He changed the cat's litter box, then took the trash
out.
He thanked her so much for cooking dinner. The salad was
delicious, he realized now that he wasn't angry about her choice in
food. So was the light pasta dish. He had three helpings. And the
sorbet was good too. He worked beside her until the kitchen was cleaned
up.
"How about a movie," he said. "How about 'You've Got Mail'?"
Laurie looked at him with wide eyes. "How did you know that was what I
was thinking of?"
Luke shrugged. "It just seemed like what you'd want."
They
sat side by side, his arm around her shoulders, while he paid close
attention to the action. It really was a very good movie if you weren't
feeling resentful for having to watch it.
Later he gave her a
good, long back rub. When they were in bed, he asked if she would mind
if he gave her some oral sex. She said that was OK, so he situated
himself down below and licked her clit carefully and tenderly for a
long time. She finally came with a gasp and a shudder. He was so glad!
He crawled up and lay gently beside her, turned towards her, arm over
her belly.
"Are you, um, going to..."
"Make love? Like the real thing? Sure, I'd like to if you'd like to.
Would you?"
"Yes," she said, looking away. He had been pretty sure she was, but it
was good to hear her say it.
Nothing
sexual had happened between them in -- how many months? Ordinarily this
would have been him getting his way. But not now. He wanted to do it,
of course, but mostly because she wanted him to. He rummaged in the
bedside table and found a pack of condoms in the back.
"Expired, I'm afraid," he said.
"That's OK," she said.
He unrolled the condom onto his penis and slid into her well-lubricated
vagina and began pumping away.
"Something's troubling you," he said, slowing his motion. "What is it?"
"It's nothing," she said.
"Oh, come on, tell me. It makes me sad if I know there's something
you'd like me to do but you won't tell me."
"Well, OK. You're not going to ask for anything in return?"
"No, it's just for you!"
"OK, then, could you, um, put your finger in my butt hole too?"
"Oh!" That was an unusual request. But he was delighted to do it.
It
took him a while to figure out how it was going to work to do
intercourse with his finger there, but eventually he got it. His finger
slid in, lubricated with some of her copious vaginal fluids.
"Oh, that's great!" she said.
He
just held his finger in place. It was kind of funny that his dick and
finger could feel each other through her tissues, but that was fine.
She really did like that! In a minute she gasped and shuddered with
another orgasm. "You come now," she said.
Withdrawing
his finger from her butt, he began some firm, rapid strokes into her
vagina and then came. It felt good, but he was even more aware of her
satisfaction that her body had satisfied him. He pulled out, disposed
of the condom and cleaned everything up. She turned away from him and
he spooned against her back.
"I'm so embarrassed," she said. "You're not going to remember that
thing with my butt? That's what the doctor said, right?"
"Yeah, he did say that. I don't really know what I would do to forget
it, but it's fine in any case."
The
next day was an ordinary one. Luke remembered what he had done the day
before with some amazement. After all the endless compromises he made
for her just to keep their life together functioning, he'd gone out of
his way to do things just the way she liked. But he'd been glad to do
it yesterday. Not today!
"About yesterday," said Laurie.
"Yeah, yesterday," he said. "Can't believe I did all those things for
you. But I wanted to!"
"So you're not going to demand anything from me?"
"No, if the pills work the way they're supposed to, they'll make you
want to be nice to me too."
"I'm always nice to you!" she said.
"Well, whatever, maybe you'll want to do more than you usually do."
"We'll see... But about the sex..."
"Yes? You had a good time, I could tell."
"Yes, but about that thing, the one we'd never done before..."
"I used to eat you out way back when, don't you remember?"
"Oh, I remember that! Sure! The other thing..."
Luke couldn't remember anything else unusual. "What was it?" he asked.
Laurie
woke and felt Luke beside her. He was sleeping, getting his rest. Then
she felt him stir beside her, then stir again and rub his eyes. He
looked at her briefly. What would he most like... She knew!
Running her hands briefly over his stomach, she pushed the covers back
and pulled down his pajama bottoms and briefs.
"What?" said Luke.
"I knew you'd like this," she said, taking his cock in her mouth. It
rapidly hardened.
"I
can't believe... Oh, you must have taken the pill," he said, but then
started moaning with the pleasure. "I'm going to come soon," he warned.
She freed her mouth long enough to say, "That's OK. I'd love it if you
came in my mouth! I'll swallow it all! I want to!"
Ten
seconds later he came. He pressed his cock upward and Laurie felt his
precious mysterious fluid shoot into her mouth over and over again as
she kept flicking her tongue and swallowing.
"God, that was maybe the best orgasm of my life!" he said when he'd
caught his breath.
"Good,"
said Laurie with a smile. She got up and headed for the kitchen. She
knew he'd like to go straight to the shower. She started breakfast,
then went back to the bedroom to make the bed and lay out a shirt and
tie she thought he'd like. He didn't like making decisions about
clothing -- she knew that.
So she served him a stack of pancakes with bacon, and then another one.
"This is pretty amazing!" he said.
She kissed him on the cheek and said, "Have a great day at work! And if
you need to stay a bit extra, do it!"
That
was a longstanding source of friction between them. He felt he ought to
stay late, and she wanted him home earlier. Luke thought it would be
tempting to take advantage of her offer, but if Laurie was going to be
nice to him, no point in wasting it by spending extra time at work!
When
he came in the side door with briefcase in hand, Laurie rushed to him
and kissed him, saying, "I'm so glad to see you!" She took his
briefcase and set it aside, then kissed him again.
"Come here to the living room," she said, leading him to a chair and
taking his shoes off, massaging his feet.
"Ahhh, that feels nice, Laurie!" he said.
After
half a minute, she said, "Oh, I can tell there's something that would
feel even nicer!" With that she turned away from him on the living room
carpet, on all fours, back arched and butt up towards him. "Do me!" she
whispered.
"I haven't seen that dress in years," Luke said.
"I
know you always liked it," said Laurie. His cock quickly stiffened in
his dress pants. He quickly pulled them and his underpants off and
sidled up behind her. If she knew his fantasy... He flipped the red
dress up over her back and saw they were individual stockings, not
tights, and there were no panties. Yes!
"Cram it in hard!" she said. "Do me like an animal!"
He didn't need any more encouragement. He found her pussy and shoved.
She was pretty wet and his cock went in deep.
"Oh, Luke, that's so great! Fuck me hard! Fuck my dirty cunt! And come
as soon as you can!"
The
fantasy was perfect. He grabbed her hips and shoved in deep, then
deeper. He could feel himself bumping the end of her vagina. "Does it
hurt?" he asked, remembering their experiments with this years before.
"A little, but I want it to hurt! Go ahead! Deep as you can!"
"It's your cunt... I wanna fuck your cunt and call it a cunt!"
Laurie
laughed briefly. "Yes! That's great. Fuck my cunt! It's a cunt, cunt,
cunt, and it's yours, yours, yours! Oh, stab it in!"
He was
dimly aware of the absence of a condom. He'd been the one hoping they
could start a family while she resisted. Yet surely a big decision like
that shouldn't be made under the influence of the pill. He really
disliked condoms and was reminded just how much as he appreciated the
slick, sensual flesh of Laurie's vagina rubbing directly against his
phallus. If nothing else, there was emergency contraception.
Luke's
orgasm came on fast, and at the last moment he jammed his cock as deep
as it would go and held perfectly still, unloading globs of semen into
her depths.
"Oh, baby," he said.
After he withdrew she turned and said, "Good stud! Thanks for breeding
me!"
He sat on the living room floor panting.
"Let
me work more on dinner," she said, disappearing with his pants and
underpants, doubtless putting them where they went, wherever that was
-- she'd know best.
Luke got up after a while and went to the
bathroom to clean up. When he was in more informal clothes, he came out
to the dining room table. Steak! Steak and fried potatoes! Wow, that
was a great choice for dinner. But then, she was doing what he liked
best today. Now she was wearing jeans and a T-shirt.
After
dinner he found a pro basketball game and began watching. Having
finished the clean-up, Laurie sat beside him and watched, asking
questions now and then. He was delighted to tell her about the various
players and describe the skills and strategies, the strengths and
weaknesses of the two teams. Laurie's questions showed she was paying
close attention.
As they were getting ready for bed, Luke heard a small voice from the
bathroom.
"Luke, come here please."
She
stood in the middle of the bathroom floor looking demure. She motioned
him over until she was close. Luke was just wearing underpants.
"Pee in my panties!" she whispered urgently.
"No, Laurie, no, that's... that's... you're not supposed to know about
that!"
"But I do, and you'd really like it. And I'd like to let you live out a
fantasy. Oh, I promise I won't remember!"
"But your jeans will get wet... It's gross."
"So, that's what laundry is for! I'll clean it all up."
Laurie unzipped her jeans and pulled them down just a couple inches,
then held her panties out from her body.
Mesmerized,
Luke came over to her and fished his cock out of the opening in the
front of his briefs -- his cock fortunately not very hard or he
wouldn't be able to pee. He pointed it into the space she was holding
open.
"Do it, Luke. Pee like a good boy. Right in my panties."
It
took several seconds for him to let go, but then he did, and he loved
the sight of his stream of pee disappearing down inside her panties. He
shuddered at the pleasure of his fantasy fulfilled.
"Oooo, that's nice!" said Laurie.
"Promise you won't remember!" said Luke.
"Oh, I promise!"
In bed, Laurie said, "You know how to make me come."
Yeah,
she presumably knew that especially after the two earlier sex episodes
of the day, he wanted to give her pleasure. He used his fingers between
her legs, and kept lightly brushing her clit after he penetrated her
and pumped away. Her breathing was punctuated by gasps.
"Oh,
that's so great, Luke. Make me come! Oh, it's amazing. Fuck your cock
in and out hard... yeah, like that! ... Oh, I'm right on the edge, stop
with the fingers and just fuck, fuck, fuck!"
He felt her pleasure building and a minute later they rose to orgasm
together.
"Ah, you're a beautiful and sexy woman, Laurie."
"Yeah,
I guess. But I've also got a hot cunt, right? One you love to fuck?
That's OK. We're people but we're animals too. And you love fucking."
"Well, I suppose," he said sheepishly.
"You've got a very nice cock. You know how to use it just right."
Luke felt sleepy.
Laurie lay quietly behind him, and he appreciated her warmth against
his back.
It
was Saturday afternoon, and Laurie had accompanied Luke to the local
high school football game. Their relationship was improving, even on
the days they didn't take any pills. She'd taken one the day before,
and he smiled as he remembered it.
On their return, as they
pulled into the driveway, their neighbors Bill and Lisa Collins were
out in their yard, along with their daughter Meghan, who had recently
turned 16. She was hot! He made sure not to stare. There were the usual
pleasantries, though Luke thought he noticed Meghan looking kind of
uneasy.
A few minutes later the doorbell rang. Laurie answered, and it was
Meghan.
"Oh, Luke, Meghan wants to talk with you."
"Really?
Oh, hi, Meghan." He had watched her grow up. She was still only 16, but
there was no way around it any more -- she was a sexy young woman. He'd
watched her big sister Caitlin grow up too before she went off to
college. (The name of her sorority flashed through his mind briefly,
"Nu Nu Nu." Strange.) Cait was hot, but Meghan was hotter.
"I'm going to make a run to the big supermarket," said Laurie, looking
a bit confused.
He wondered what Meghan wanted to talk with him about.
She asked him a few questions about his job until Laurie's car had
turned out of the driveway.
Then she stood in front of him, put her hands behind his neck, and
reached up to kiss him on the lips.
Luke was stunned.
"It's
OK, Mr. Jackson," said Meghan with a smile. "I can tell you think I'm
pretty sexy, so I think you should be just as sexy as you want with me."
"But, but... you're my neighbor... You're just a kid... I..."
Meghan
gave him a warm smile. "I may be a kid in some ways, but I'm a big girl
too. And you think I'm really sexy, and I'd really like to make you
happy that way. I'm a virgin too, and -- oooo, you really like that
idea."
Meghan placed his left hand on her right breast and kissed him again.
What about Laurie? he thought. The big supermarket was nearly an hour's
drive. But... it was so confusing.
"Mmmm," she said as he massaged her breast through her shirt. "I think
we need to get to a bedroom."
In
the bedroom, Meghan kicked off her sandals and embraced Luke again. His
wife Laurie was sexy, but Meghan was something else entirely. Skin
young and fresh, just brimming with vitality and youth. He caressed her
short brown hair, her face... He slid one hand up under her T-shirt in
the back and undid her bra clasp.
She raised her arms so he could take the T-shirt off, and he swallowed
as he beheld the high, tight breasts, not too big.
"Glad
you like them," said Meghan. After he had been caressing and kissing
her top for a few minutes, Meghan said, "Let's lie down -- and let me
see your chest too."
Luke took off his shirt. With Meghan on her
back, Luke hungrily licked her right breast and nipple, then took the
nipple into her mouth and sucked on it.
"Oh, that feels
fantastic," moaned Meghan. "But... you're kind of curious about what's
under my skirt too, right? Why don't you slide your hand up under
there?"
He put his hand between her knees and massaged the inside of her right
thigh, then slid it higher.
"Oh,
you're so excited! That's so cool!" said Meghan. As his hand went
higher, she said impishly, "The moment of truth is near... Am I really
a girl? Or am I a boy? All will be revealed in just a couple inches..."
Luke's hand touched panty cloth and he cupped her smooth female crotch.
"So which is it?" whispered Meghan.
"Girl. Definitely a girl."
"And you like what's in a girl's panties, right?" said Meghan with a
smile.
"Oh, God, you're so beautiful and so sexy!"
Meghan said, "So why don't you show me whether you're a boy or a girl."
Luke worked his way out of his jeans and underpants. He liked this kind
of silliness.
"Oh, a boy, most definitely a boy!" said Meghan respectfully. "A man --
not a boy at all. Wow."
Luke
fiddled with the zipper on Meghan's skirt, and she helped him get it
off of her. That left just the panties. She took them off too. He
feasted his eyes on her young vulva on display, a patch of soft hair
above, lips below. He rubbed his fingers up and down gently on her
center line, then gently worked the lips apart. Inside it was moist and
hot and his finger was soon probing her vaginal opening.
"Oh, I think you ought to just do it to me!" said Meghan. "God, you
want it so much!"
"But what about you? And are you ready down there?"
"Oh,
yeah, I want it a lot! I've dreamed of sex for ages, and now I finally
get to find out what it's like... I think I'm ready, but since I'm a
virgin I'm not totally sure. Let's find out!"
Luke mounted, and Meghan spread wide apart for him.
"Take my virginity, Mr. Jackson!" she said in a sweet, earnest voice.
Luke
had to admit it was the hottest thing he'd ever done. This vibrant
16-year-old in all her vitality, smiling up at him, laid out on his bed
for the taking, arms up as if in surrender.
He worked her lips
apart a bit with his fingers, then nestled his cock tip in the warm and
wet spot just outside her vaginal canal. Then he withdrew his hand and
held himself up to feast his whole being on the sight below him. Then
he pressed, and pressed a little more, and then a little more.
Meghan looked up at him with wide eyes, and on the next push her eyes
opened even wider and she twitched.
"You OK?" he asked.
"Yeah,
fine. Hurt a little bit, but that's what virginity's about, right? I
guess you broke the membrane... maidenhead... cherry... whatever. But
keep going! I want it in more! God, that's great when I want something
just as much as you do. Just go for it and come!" she said. "Don't try
to hold back."
"But it's so special," he said.
"We can do it again," she said. "As soon as you're ready again."
He'd taken Laurie from the rear the night before, but he was entirely
replenished now.
"Oooo, we're fucking! You're fucking me! That's so cool -- and it feels
good, good, good!"
Luke grunted and fucked, fucked and grunted.
"Come inside me... yes, don't pull out or anything! My body's going to
make you ejaculate... hee, hee. That's so great!"
Luke
pounded in and out in a frenzy, and as he approached the peak Meghan
lifted her head to whisper, "Finish me off!" and then nipped his
earlobe.
He gasped as his cock erupted, spewing gobs of cum into
the virgin's pussy. Moments later Meghan gasped and shuddered, while he
kept fucking in and out.
He let himself down gently on her and she wrapped her arms and legs
around behind him and kissed his cheek over and over.
His cock softened and slid out, and he rolled a quarter-turn so they
were on their sides.
"That was fantastic!" said Meghan. "The best part was how happy you
were."
Laurie...
what about Laurie? On those days she took the pill she wanted him happy
-- she wanted him happy other times too. This was sure making him
happy, but... He was confused.
After five minutes of resting in
each other's arms, Luke felt his cock get hard again. Meghan felt it
too. She rolled onto her back and pulled her on top of her, guiding the
stiffening member right back to where it had been before. Luke oozed it
in as it kept growing and stiffening.
He began a leisurely
mating, appreciating all the details of this beautiful 16-year-old
below him. Her obvious enjoyment made it even better.
"You're so
hard!... It makes me feel so feminine... And you just stab in and out
and it feels good each time. Stab me more, keep on pumping, forcing it
in and out. I mean, I'd do it for you even if I didn't like it, but...
God, I could do this all day just for me!"
After
twenty minutes, he noted her rising excitement and modified his
thrusting to what seemed to make her moan most urgently. She gasped
with orgasm and it made him so happy.
After another twenty
minutes of pure pleasure, he figured it was time to come before he went
soft. So he fucked in and out faster and harder, with Meghan watching
him appreciatively and urging him on, and then they orgasmed together
once more.
After a few minutes, his curiosity about the whole situation rose
again. "Why did you decide to come ring my doorbell?"
"Oh, when I saw you in the driveway I could just tell you wanted me so
much. And I just really wanted to make you happy."
"Oh," said Luke. She was sure right about that -- about both what he
wanted and how happy she'd made him.
"It's
been a weird day all around. For years my father's wanted to go over
old family albums with me, and I've often thought it was kind of boring
and resisted. But today, I got just how much he wanted that and so we
went over them for hours, and it was really interesting -- especially
how much it meant to him. Later I saw him looking at me wistfully, so I
got up beside him on the sofa and leaned against him. I haven't done
that in years -- but I could just tell he'd like it a lot. I even
climbed up in his lap and snuggled against him. When I looked up he was
fighting back tears, it made him so happy. I told him I was so proud to
have him as a father and I loved him so much. Then we heard my mom
coming so I quick got off his lap so no one would see -- I sure as heck
don't want to get into my mom's lap! It's so confusing."
"Interesting," said Luke, sort of interested but mostly just glowing
with how great it had been to do Meghan twice.
"Your
wife Laurie was so nice to me yesterday... she brought me a brownie.
She said she'd made more than you guys would ever eat and she wanted me
to have one."
Luke realized that Laurie might be home before too
long, and he didn't want to take any chances. But something bothered
him. Why would Laurie give Meghan a brownie? Unless... had she put a
pill in it?
As they got dressed, he said, "Uh, I guess I should have said before,
but I hope you're not going to tell anyone about this?"
"Oh, of course not!" she said. "It will just be a secret between the
two of us."
Luke thought about the pill, and said, "I dunno, I also just wish you
wouldn't remember it at all."
"Oh, I'll treasure it all my life!" said Meghan, arms around his waist,
looking up at him with pure affection.
As she left, she said, "I hope my brother Jason had a good day. He's
babysitting the Sanders girls."
When Luke heard Laurie's car come in the driveway, his guilt washed
over him.
When
she came in, she was quiet. After she'd put the groceries away, she
came out to where he was watching TV and looked at him unhappily. "You
must have had sex, right?"
Luke's eyes shifted back and forth. He was feeling panicked.
"Oh,
don't answer -- just hear me out." She turned the TV off. "Yesterday,
when I was thinking about every last thing I could do to make you
happy, I figured you'd love to make love to Meghan. And I thought that
if she took the pill, she'd want to make you happy. And she did -- I
can tell just by looking at you. Don't tell me how happy, I don't want
to know. It's my fault, I guess. A gorgeous 16-year-old comes in and
tells you how much she'd love to make you happy, and she knows you find
her sexy -- you'd have to be a real saint to resist."
Luke looked down, face red.
"And
that's just what I wanted, yesterday. So even though I'm not really
happy about the idea today, what I did yesterday made it happen. I
guess I could have headed her off when she rang the bell, but somehow
that idea of making you happy was still there from yesterday.
"I
thought maybe the pill was involved," said Luke. "I... I told her I'd
rather she didn't remember anything about what happened."
"Oh, yeah, complications. That was good thinking on your part."
"But, I dunno, I do feel pretty bad. I wonder if I could make it up to
you somehow."
"It was a dream come true for you, right?"
"Yes."
"A really amazing thing, right?"
"Oh, God..."
They were silent a moment.
He said, "Would you like to take our vacation this year in the
Adirondacks with Erin and Peter?"
"Would you really?" asked Laurie, her face brightening.
Erin
was Laurie's beloved little sister. Laurie didn't care much for Peter,
but Luke positively detested him. When they visited, Luke was stuck
doing things with Peter, listening to his bigoted opinions (along with
his belching and farting), watching sports, while the sisters did
whatever sisters do. Laurie had tried visiting alone a couple times,
but Peter never left them alone, and it wasn't very satisfying.
"Yes, my dear, I would, for you. I'll bring along some Ativan."
"For two whole weeks?"
Luke gulped. "OK, two whole weeks."
"That
would be a bit much even for me. How about three days at the beginning
and three at the end, and we'll go off by ourselves for a week in the
middle?"
"That sounds wonderful."
Husband and wife embraced.
Luke said, "I wonder if I should give that pill to some guy you find
hot. I've never thought of it, really."
"Oh, that's OK. That's not how to make me happy. There's no one I'd
like that way."
"No one?"
Laurie shifted a bit. "No, or at least nothing that would offset how
bad you'd feel once your pill wore off."
"Yeah, I suppose you're right. And thanks."
"I shouldn't have given Meghan that pill," said Laurie. "It wasn't very
nice to her."
"It was nice for her father. Sounds like they had a wonderful day
renewing their father-daughter bond."
Laurie's eyes went wide. "He didn't do anything to her, I hope!"
"Doesn't sound like it. Just looked at some old albums and she sat on
his lap and told him what a great dad he was."
"Phew," said Laurie. "No giving the pill to anyone else -- either of
us. Promise?"