Mom and Phillip drifted into the kitchen, leaving Cindy and me alone. I put on some soft, low music. We relaxed and naturally shifted to french. Cindy... was making progress with her accent."I was a little embarrassed about Wednesday evening," she said."I really was only trying to warm you up, but I got overly excited. I hope you'll forgive me. The good part, if there is any, is that your curiosity should be satisfied." And, that's the only thing you did with those two, uh, other types of girls?". It's far and away the largest break we've ever had in the war against organized crime." He nodded and the Secretary of Homeland Security took over."Brian, earlier today we heard from a paid informant that the mobsters in jail have found a way to communicate among themselves. They have hatched a plan to have all of us, ' he spread his arms to include Colleen, Mr. Bell, himself, the two judges, and the Attorney General, 'killed.'"As fast as we knew, Mr. Bell knew. We quietly surrounded the hotel. “Hey, thanks.”“Not a problem,” he said. “Never hurts to butter up the wifey’s new boss.”I smiled but I knew Matt would have done the same thing regardless of Sarah’s employment prospects.“Plan to come over for dinner tomorrow night,” Matt said. “The boys ... and my mom ... are really anxious to meet Liz.”“Gee, I thought you were going to say they were anxious to see me,” I replied.“They see you at least once a week,” Matt replied as he punched me softly on the shoulder. “That’s enough for most. I stood beside her, with her to my right, and held my arm out stiffly for her to grab. I was chivalrously looking to my left. Andi wasn't satisfied though. "You can't hold me steady if you don't look at me; if I start to topple, you'll need to adjust your grip. You've seen a girl pee before, havn't you? Don't be such a prude." Well, as it happened, I hadn't seen a girl pee before, but I was struggling all week to fit into a group 3-to-4 years my senior, and I wasn't about to remind her.
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