I watched some of the bowl games.’ Laura decided she had to push hard to get Dan out of his bitter mood. ‘Are you telling me you don’t want me t...o come home, should we talk about a divorce instead of coming home?’ ‘I have a feeling Greg would pick up the lunch tab today if we talked about divorce.’ ‘I’ll pay my own damned tab, thank you. I don’t need either you or Greg to do that for me.’ ‘Okay, let’s try to be civil, I will make a good faith effort.’ ‘Thank you Baby, that’s all I am asking for. Chrissy always treated me well, even when she needed to correct me, andat times she even intervened when she felt one of her friends was takingmy being submissive too far. Once, she was letting her friend Lauriehave some fun with me by having me polish Laurie's nails on her frontporch. Laurie's friends were gathering around, and although it was alittle embarrassing to have this audience around, it was something I wasgetting used to. However, when I was done, Laurie told me to hold out. You decide what articles to write, and their content. When an article is ready, I would like to review it and make suggestions for improving it or to correct any inaccuracy. If you agree with my suggestions, then you can change it to what you think it should say. If you disagree, go with what you have. I’m curious, do you sell an article then write it, or do you write it and then sell it?”“It depends on the article. Do you mind if I use your phone to call my managing editor?”“Not at all. I. “This is what you need. This is what I need. This is nice,” I said and I felt her head nod against my shoulder.We enjoyed a nice lunch together and I directed our conversation away from raw emotions and toward actions. She talked about what she’d done the last two years. Her financial windfall had allowed her to pay off all her bills, which weren’t much. She purchased a bungalow by the beach perhaps because she loved the ocean and perhaps partly because Don didn’t and she thought it would help.