By then, her daughter, Cathy, was about 3-1/2. Lucy and Cathy were living with Lucy’s parents because she’d lost the condo in the divorce and cou...ldn’t afford her own place. But that made for built-in grandparent babysitters so that Lucy was free to spend the weekend nights with me.It only took about three months for me to hate the apartment I was living in and wanted to break the lease and move. Of course, Lucy was anxious to move out of her parents’ house so we rented a house for the three. She doesn't ask much of us." Is my blue blazer okay?"Shirley wrinkled her nose before nodding. We both stripped off our clothes, but she wouldn't get into the shower with me. "You get dressed and go talk to Mr. Oldham. I'll be down later," she said.I found Mr. Oldham in the sunroom. We had seen each other only a few days before but I had been too sick to talk. I told him everything that had happened at school, what we were covering in my classes, about the four flag-football games I had played. “I’m sorry, but I did. I know I was rude about it, but...” she hesitated. “A lot has been going on, and I needed some space.”Lucas glanced over his shoulder at me, then back at her. The glimpse I caught of his face was a frown of confusion and upset. “Is this him?” he asked. “Is this the more mature guy you told your friends about?”McKenzie snorted. “That’s my stepdad, goofus,” she shook her head and laughed, teasing him gently, trying to ease the tension. “You never got a chance to meet him.. I had just finished going through the buffet line and was headed back to our table when I noticed Anne, who was ahead of me, talking to a man and a woman who looked familiar. They had been seated at our table. I stopped dead in my tracks when I realized it was the same couple from the airplane. My first impulse was to hide but, of course, I knew I had to go over and introduce myself.I soon discovered that I had nothing to worry about. Other than a hand shake that lingered a little longer.