"You need to be patient and stay calm. There will be plenty of people losing their cool around the two of you. Don't add to the confusion. Call me if ...you need me."They went to the courthouse and I went in to work. My boss was retiring at the end of August and I would be promoted to his place. It was both good and bad. I would be in charge of more but I would have to travel also. I had been on the road a bit more since the first of the year.At ten, March called me. "Dad, we're having problems. There was a sign advertising the town taxi on the wall right behind where she was standing, hidden by her back. I have no idea if Helen had even been aware of it. Nevertheless, she hid it from him all the time we were in the station.The kid's replacement for next shift started to say something about the sign behind Helen. But before he could say anything I gave him a $20 and asked him to bring hamburgers for us from the neighboring restaurant. When I told him to keep the change there was no way. “So, you know her?”“Yeah, thanks,” I said quickly. I punched the blinking button.“Andrea,” I said into the mouthpiece.“Hello, Peter,” her voice came through the earpiece. “You didn’t leave me your number, so I had to call the corporation.”“It’s fine, Andrea. I’m glad I was here when you called. Are you all right?”There was a pause for a long moment.“Peter,” she said finally, in a voice just above a whisper. “I want the fairytale.”“Are you okay, though?”“I’m fine. Well, not hurt, at least.. The wife really liked you. Have you been with another woman?” I shook my head no. “You can say no, it will be alright.”“I’m okay with new things, I think I would like to try.” I hadn’t been with a woman, but I was curious.Lisa gave me a tray with a bottle of wine, three glasses, and some crackers. I knocked on room 310, announcing room service. The woman I had waited on met me at the door. She invited me in. “You ordered wine, crackers and a special?” I asked.“Yes sweetie, Lisa sent you?”“Yes.
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