Rose's high chair was in place and she beamed with pride telling me: "daddy, daddy, I set the table alone!" She did it all by herself," confirmed Mary... pretty like the flowers.We dined. After dinner I played with Rose and way after her bed time I tucked her under her covers. She finally was asleep exhausted from excitement of having me home again. Finally I could dedicate my time to Mary.We sat for a while on the comfortable living-room sofa kissing and telling each other what we did past week.. " OK," he said before the line went dead.Tara sat on her bed and realized that she was having some feelings for Kyle that she didn't think she would be having. She wasn't a snob, but they certainly ran with different crowds. Still, lately she was hanging out with her fellow cheerleaders and Kyle's friends, as their groups had kind of merged. Three of her JV teammates were dating his friends and Sandra was dating Derek. Even Ranna was kind of dating Rogesh (sort of against her will). Strangely,. I'd been quiet and nothing much had been heard from me nor had I heard from them in those years.I did still have a key to Pete's office, which nobody would realize, I reasoned. I'd turned 'all' keys over to the new owner when I sold my practice and there's been no ripple from me for a long while, I should be safe.Pete was a man who I knew well. He did not tend to details much. He trundled through his life and accepted the lesser resistance as his path, almost always. Pretty much like water. I could stand to do without a meal, and it didn't look like this child could. The MRE may not be the tastiest meal you can have, but it provided more calories and vitamins than normal food.The girl caught the brown plastic package and then looked at me with a baffled expression. "Chto?" Oh, sorry, come on over here and I'll help you with it."She looked at me with trepidation, so I dropped the rifle to point at the ground and waved her to follow me as I stepped to the open door of the TACJAM.