As we got up to return to the office she looked like she wanted to say something. I don’t know why but I decided to give her a hug, she kissed me on... the cheek. For the rest of the week she was happy, I was perplexed. Finally I asked Sue what the deal was. She smiled and simply told me I was ‘too dense’. Women!? Can’t understand them. Christmas came, all of my employees got a 4 day weekend, a turkey and a nice bonus check. Sue and Stew invited me over to their house for dinner on Christmas. “Now, we do have some refreshments available. We have some light island snacks and fruit...” she said, gesturing to several large trays with sliced up fruit and sweets, “And we have these two punches. Now, the red bowl has rum punch, and the green bowl is similar, but is non-alcoholic. Feel free to have some punch and snacks while we wait for Makoa to return, but don’t have too much of the red punch. That’s part of the Ha’aina Male’ ceremony and we don’t want you falling asleep!” she laughed.. We made small talk for a while and enjoyed the chilled champagne until Bruce announced that our entertainment was ready to begin.The only light in the room came from a wall light above the headboard of the huge bed on which a young couple lay facing each other. Bruce circulated among us, handing each couple a photo copy of two birth certificates to show that the youngsters had been born sixteen years ago to the same mother from the same father. They were undoubtedly twins and I thought they. Do all you can to find out if your marriage is worth saving. If you decide that it is, then do everything you can to save it. If it turns out not to be savable, then let me know and I’ll start lining up interviews for the mother of your kids.”“Really?” I tried to sound sarcastic, but I think the look on my face came off as hopeful.“Yes, Boss!” I hated to be called that. “Now are we going to do some work here today or not?”“Yes, we are ... Gwen?”“Yes.”“Thank you. I’m so happy that I was smart.
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