I could get used to this!We stayed for a nice long time. I even had dessert - mostly so the nightwouldn't end too soon. We enjoyed coffee and an aft...er dinner drink, andI found Mark's hand was once again on top of mine.Melissa took care of us and she couldn't have been any nicer. At onepoint, when Mark had excused himself to use the men's room, Melissa racedover to my table and climbed into the booth next to me and startedpeppering me with questions about Mark and gushing about how handsome. I could now approximate her weight at 120-130lbs, and her butt looked pretty good in her jeans.The pitcher arrived and we ordered a couple of sandwiches. The waitress said it might take 10-15 minutes since they were short-handed in the kitchen. We told the waitress no problem as we weren't in a hurry. Well, by the time the food came we had consumed most of the pitcher and were joking about the bitchy hockey moms. After we finished eating, and the waitress had cleared our plates, we resumed. . Well, she wanted to see him again. He made her knees weak in a way no one ever had.But that left Davina alone, which she felt bad about. Davina was her best friend and they hadn't seen each other in close to a year. It wasn't that she didn't want to go visit with her; it was that she wanted to visit with Master Domenicos... More.Then she had a brilliant idea."Master Demitri," she called. "Have the stables ready two identical carriages--not the normal royal one, but the lesser ones for the. Then I looked on line for the latest in budget renovation ideas. It was a totally boring week in other words. While I goofed off, Alison continued to work on her book the ‘Murder of Eve’. Since she didn’t ask me, and I was no longer giving her advice, I tried paying her no attention at all.Alison continued to ask me questions daily, it was hard to ignore her completely. It was always Little things like what caused me to zero in on this or that. It was on the third day after the big blow up that.