"And it was fun, making it all work, but we've done it all now, it's all boring repetition," she said."What you enjoyed installing it," I asked incred...ulously, "I thought we would never get the cement dust out of your hair." We did it together though didn't we, we were a team Brian," she said, "Not master and slave." But Pattie," I explained, "It cost most of last years bonus and I worked hard for that bonus, this way I get my fantasy and you get the money for an education." You don't work hard. ’ Ralph replied. ‘Oh, I am sorry.’ Derrick replied. ‘Well, that’s the way the cookie crumbles.’ Ralph started to retreat into his safety zone but a little voice cried out “Break Out! Break Out!” ‘It was the same day I was made redundant from my job. I got home to find a note from my wife to tell me that she was leaving me. A short time later I heard that she had moved in with my ex boss.’ ‘What time do you get done here?’ Derrick suddenly asked. ‘Not for another two hours or so.’ Ralph told. I don't know what I'll do when she leaves. He cherished how they sat together after dinner and talked about this and that, but mostly they talked about the garden and how Rosie was that day. Robin enjoyed cooking for Max and they were having salads from the garden most nights. Often, Max helped by slicing the onions and Robin would see the burning tears in his eyes and would laugh and say, “Thanks for slicing the onions.” Sometimes they would go out on the patio and look up at the full. My wife was the eldest daughter of my new Step-Mother. How in the world had we not figured that out before now?Then my dad spoke up, “On the bright side now you two won’t have to divide your time between two households this summer before going back to school for your junior year.”That snapped Maxine out of her shock, “Really? Cool. Wait until I tell my friends about this. They are going to freak out.”Zoe then grabbed Maxine by the shoulder, “Don’t you dare tell your friends about this young.