Looking out the window, I could see that Greg was already out of the van and unloading his things. One of his buddies was helping. I ran to the door t...hrowing it open, threw myself into his arms, smothered him with kisses and told him how much I’d missed him. Of course, I also wanted to know about his surprise, but he didn’t reply instead introducing me to his friend whom I’d completely forgotten about. “This is Jim. His wife is going to pick him up here.” Probably seeing the disappointment. Barrett never approved of John's choice, but he had grown used to that and simply tried not to worry about his tenure. Worrying was most of the game in the retail trade--worry about being overstocked, about being under-stocked, about the competition undercutting you, about the competition getting more for the same merchandise. Worry, worry, worry... he needed another worry like an extra leg! Kate Barrett was the boss here now and Karl accepted it as something he could do nothing to change.There. "His advice was for us not to be stupid. But that doesn't mean we can't love each other. We just have to be be smart about it. He and Aunt Ruby decided to stop, and that got them in trouble." Nice try," I said. "But it only got her in trouble, and only then because she kept having sex." So now that I've found the most beautiful thing I've ever experienced, you want me to just give it up," she said."You gonna ask Mom and Dad to put you on the pill?" I asked."Maybe," she said, but she didn't. Jolene looked at me, half in pity and half in scorn, as she said, “Well, Addie, you really screwed the pooch.” She then shook her head. “I have to say when you do something, you do it up brown!”I love Rob. Let there be no mistake about that. A kinder, more thoughtful husband you’d never find. A lot of our friends joke that we could be Ozzie and Harriet or the Cleavers on Leave it to Beaver. I went back to work, as first a secretary and then a salesperson for a chemical company, after our three.