“Mmmm! This is quite good! Very buttery!” “Glad you like it! There’s plenty more where that came from. So, tell me, why vacation here? And wh...y alone?” “Matt and I are divorced. Have been for almost a year, and this Winter Break is his Holiday with Billy. Honestly, I didn’t feel like being alone. When I got your card, with your annual, ‘come and visit’ plea, I decided, ‘What the hell! Why not!’ Now that I’m here though, I’m having second thoughts. I should have called ahead. Made sure it was. The feeling was obviously mutual.Dave got their breakfast orders along with several others and went back to the kitchen where he was part of the breakfast prep crew. Phil and Cindy were acting as short-order cooks as Dave moved around getting orders and making sure the coffee carafes on the various tables were full.Owen, Julie, and Rachel appeared, the latter two in monokinis and looking very fetching. Dave got their orders and went back to the kitchen. He and Cindy had developed a pattern. That was amazing, Dad! That hotel restaurant hanging out over the canyon rim and the wonderful food were special treats. Do you have more like that for us?Dozens. Wait until you have the Alsatian version of pizza. If I had the money, I would open an Alsatian pizza joint in the US. It would make a fortune. The only problem is that we would have to import the ingredients, the water, the ovens and the cooks from the Rhine Valley.Why is that?Because within about ten miles of the Rhine River, it is. "Been sitting here thinking." About what?" About us." About us? What about us?" Wondering if something is wrong." Wrong? What could be wrong?" I don't know, but our sex life has dropped to nothing lately and I wondering why. You've told me no for almost a week now and that has never happened before." Oh baby; I'm sorry. I should have told you but I didn't think it was important. I have a yeast infection. I'm treating it and it should clear up soon. I hadn't realized what it might be doing to.
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