So far I'd been using my new wealth to satisfy small, immediate needs. I hadn't considered the long term consequences of the wealth I'd found myself w...ith. Nor was I going to today, I resolved, hearing Bud and Harley laughing in my head at the thought."So, do us Santa Rosans root for the Giants?" I asked, nodding at the game. The San Francisco Giants were playing the Cincinnati Reds at Candlestick Park – excuse me AT&T Park, as the TV broadcast reminded me."We do," most of us," Ken told me. "A. I was eager to explore and expand our horizons."We'll talk about that later," she said, as her face bloomed pink. "Right now, I think we need to concentrate on presenting a more acceptable image to the children." They seem to be coping pretty well," I said."That doesn't mean they need a graduate course in love making," she said, pushing harder. I finally let her go."Okay," I said, trying to sound defeated. "You go take a shower and I'll take care of things." Thank you," she said."I'm just sad. Any guywould be lucky to call you his girlfriend. I wish I could..." But there's something about Megan," I finished for him, grimacingmyself. Suddenly, my goal to win him back without telling him the truthseemed a lot harder to accomplish."She's...like you!" he exclaimed. I wasn't quite sure what he wastalking about. "I mean, I only talked to her for a moment, but shereminded me so much of you. She just...she just...don't take this thewrong way, but she just seemed more real."I grimaced again.. At some point we lost Patti, who stopped to talk to Emma, one of her friends.I paid attention to the names of the people Patti had told me would be there and didn't attempt to memorize the clients' or neighbors' names. As Clifford introduced me, 'Sammy is Patti's friend' I played a little game, attempting to match each person with a car we had seen parked along the street.When I was introduced to Harold I was tempted to remark, 'you're Sara's husband, the ceiling man' but she was standing right.