This time was no different. We started on the relative merits of our new supervisor and we concluded he was an asshole; moved to the topic of the new ...merit review plan which had just been put in place which led to a conversation about what would happen if everybody got merit reviews. That took us to sports figures and what they would be worth based on merit per game and what they would get if fans filled out merit reviews following every sports contest at which point the barmaid walked by. As I mentioned, I only used our dim connection at a local country club as a pretext for this dinner, one he gladly embraced due to his lust for my wife. Just cocky enough to confess it to her boss, someone who wasn’t a member of the club, probably not the member of any club, wouldn’t likely ever be. But no doubt her boss also lusted her – who didn’t, with that shocking red hair, enticing freckles, compact but extremely shapely body and those eyes that somehow betrayed deep trust and dark. ”“I’m not sure, but I can get you all in to rehearse and work on staging tomorrow if you’re in,” John said. I looked at Cindy. She grinned.“We’re in,” I said.With John’s visit, the shape of Beca’s birthday party changed. Cindy and I had to find out how much of the music we could remember. We ended up having to make a run to our homes to find the music. Cindy picked up half a dozen different flutes as well. She wanted to find the right sound. For the heck of it, I picked up my lute guitar,. We left the tanning booth, waiting room and office warmer over night than the gym. It only took the big heaters a few minutes the thermostats were shutting them down.Marcy had left us detailed instructions for opening up. The book we had initially started had been updated almost daily. The computers turned on, coffee made and water for hot chocolate. The money went into the cash register from a prepared money bag. The checks were carried to the bank every couple of days. The credit and debit.