"Let them fuck."

Mary looked over at her sister in disbelief as they sat in her den. After leaving her house, calling a cab and booking a flight she stayed at the airport hotel before leaving first thing to visit her sister.

Sherrie was Mary's older sister and best friend. After Mary's husband died she had played a big role helping them deal with their loss.

Sherrie was an eccentric woman who had been married three times and had two kids (Paul and Diane) from her second marriage. Now that she was on the other side of three marriages she had pledged she would never get married again.

Sherrie had...