.She popped a can and Tyler asked if he could have one too. He added that his dad lets him drink all the time. She knew this for fact since our son of...ten had beers there while visiting and she said sure its been a stressful ordeal.One beer lead to two and before long they each had downed 4 beers. My wife is a light weight when drinking beer.She was a bit tipsy and as she got up to use the restroom, she tripped. Tyler started laughing and she found it funny and began laughing too. Before you. "Dave's face opened into a huge grin, and he chuckled. "No sheeyit."I shook my head, laughing. "I would of never knowed," I said, intentionally mangling the language.Dave laughed even harder; then said, "My office, before you head out for the day." He winked, stood, and walked away.I met him, as he instructed, after school. He handed me a book, a new suspense novel by a first-time mystery author. "Read it," he said simply, "and give me a five hundred word review by Monday. Double-spaced, don't. I REALLY wished I hadn't seen that," he thought, slamming his pen down.They ate dinner together, chatting about school, his college plans, and plans for the summer. Afterward, Gia led Gerald to the couch, telling him to ignore cleaning the kitchen. She sat next to him, sliding her arm around him."Mom? You ok? Why are you so affectionate?" Gerald asked, perhaps noticing it more now for some reason."I want to talk about your Spring break next week. I'm sorry, Gerald, I have to work the entire. “Does Kevin know we…” he hedged.“We?”“Hang out together, alone, after the club meetings are over.”“He knows that I like to socialize afterwards with some of the members at a café. I mentioned your name once.” I heard the clanking of dishes and silverware in the nearby kitchen. “I didn’t mention that you were the only member I was socializing with.”Quigley took that in. “I told Amber that the meetings run long.”“I wasn’t sure that there was anything else to tell.”“We are not doing anything.