We both laughed and began working through part of the design for the next release of the legal software. At 3:20pm, I excused myself and said that I h...ad an appointment. Penny raised her eyebrow but didn’t ask. I let Keri know I was going for coffee and that I’d be back within an hour. Despite teasing Crystal, I had no intention of an afternoon assignation.Crystal was waiting for me in a booth, with coffee already poured for two.“I’m here. We have our coffee. I want to hear why my name was so. "Angel couldn't stand oatmeal, so she sipped her coffee and watched Jordan eat his oatmeal. "It's healthy for you," Jordan kept telling her as he ate the oatmeal."I don't care," Angel said, "I'm not eating it."When they finally had everything together, they left for Jordan's office, Angel was shaky and nervous and Jordan wanted to tell her he would take care of her and protect her, but instead he just silently pulled her close and tried to comfort her as best he could by putting his arm around. ”“Well Jeremy, I hope you are having a good breakfast. You are going to need your strength.”I laid there running a lot of thoughts through my head. Deciding what to say, what plan of action to take. I would pick one path only to discard it moments later. I had finally decided that a stern talk with Jeremy and a sterner talk with that devil on my left shoulder was the best course of action to take when I had a clear vision of Greg and “miss perky” in San Francisco for the weekend. That settled. “Come on Mom, time to go.” Jim said with an authoritative voice. He grabbed her upper arm and pulled her off the stool. “But I gotta pay…. fir my.. drinks.” She garbled almost unintelligibly. Where the fuck did the bartender go? Jim wondered as he quickly looked around and saw no one that even remotely looked like an employee, let alone Matt, the usual bartender on duty. He was getting more provoked by the minute with this situation and wanted to get the fuck outta there. “Mom, we’re going,.