"Hello," was said in Patricia's voice." Hello Sweetheart. How have you been doing?"I heard another phone being picked up. Patricia said, "It is fun be...ing a girlfriend except that Mom has me putting buttons on Daddy's shirts."From the other line I heard, "Hello Wally. Where are you? Are you on the way home?" Hello to you my love. I am still in the north and I will be here for at least another week. I should be done by then." At least you will be done before the tests start. I don't want you to. ..”She cocked her head and waited for him to explain.“I shouldn’t say more, sorry, Hun. I’ll let you move along now...”Meadow prompted him again, but he declined a further explanation. With a row of patients to see that morning, Meadow had to move on, but in the back of her mind she wondered what Mr. Barnes was not telling her.“Grandpa Clark?” Meadow called into the house when she got home. The house was quiet, which wasn’t unusual. It was late afternoon, just a couple of hours before Meadow. Sue stared blankly at the fat man chewing on his unlit cigar. Then she turned to Trevor and whispered, "Which one?"Trevor looked around the large table feeling a knot in his gut. Everyone was staring at them. He leaned close to Sue's ear and whispered, "Columbus." What?" Sue said a little too loud."Columbus," he repeated. The others in the room stared in wonderment.Sue turned to the executives and said, "Columbus." Why?" the man with the cigar asked, his eyes darting from Sue to Trevor.Sue. I crawled up level with her, ‘Well?’ I said. She looked somewhat abashed, ‘Oh Mike, I’m sorry. That was sooooo good. No one’s ever made me feel like that.’ She hugged me tightly, ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you.’ I kissed her mouth, ‘Taste yourself,’ I smiled at her, ‘you taste wonderful.’ ‘But, but, I haven’t, you know . . .’ I laughed, ‘Yes I know but you still taste great.’ I kissed her again and moved away. ‘Turn over,’ I said. She looked a bit apprehensive. ‘I won’t take your bottom.