Once they were safely put away in his small briefcase Diun turned his full attention back to Carl. Dressed in a new gray business suit Diun looked sha...rp. Most of his business suits were this color, as gray was his favorite. His hair had been done up in its usual pony tail when he had arrived. When Carl had offered him to get comfortable, Diun had removed the rubber band holding it in place. Now his hair easy spilled to in between his shoulder blades."Do all of you have long hair?" Carl had. When she saw Willi crying, she started crying herself. Not saying anything at first, she handed Willi a cup of tea while Danny worked in his Activity Book and said, "Jean must have told you about her fly-by lover, as the father of Kitty. What did you two decide?"Rather than answer her question, he asked, "How long has this been going on, Maggie?"She paused and then replied, "She had one fling right after another before she met you in college which you knew about when you married her -- in fact,. "You look a little ragged Kathy! Cute, but ragged." I've been moving into your old room. Dad said it was made for a girl,and told me to." That's okay, I doubt if I'll be back, and if I am, I can sleep in yourold room." Megan asked Emma and I if we wanted to have a girls nightout, and of course, we both said yes. "Okay! You girls get cleaned up.Wear a skirt or something nice, and we'll go have dinner somewhere nice,then maybe cruise the mall. We'll leave at 6...okay?" Emma and I bothsaid yes,. Even though the unit was technically ready to move in, I didn't make the move right away. One of the reasons was that I was still paid up for a couple of more days at the motel. The other was that the boiler had not been thoroughly checked. I wanted that done before I had it fired up. Without that boiler on line there was no heat and no hot water, and that would not be acceptable even to me."You know this is going to be a screwy utility system?" the heating and air tech said to me."Yeah I know..
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