"Duh, like I don't know that? I was talking about pizza, delivery style you knuckle head" Leslie replied.I just grinned and said, "Okay, anything but ...pepperoni or anchovies." Done"As we waited for the pizza, we sat on the couch and chatted about this and that. We talked about my k**s, her lack of a love life, how much fun we had and why she didn't take me up on my offers earlier. It was a nice relaxing chat about nothing. The doorbell rang and Leslie got up to get it. "Watch this," she said, as. Searchlights and armed guards controlled the perimeter, every move carefully monitored.“This is Carl,” he waved the prisoner inside, “he speaks very good English, educated at Oxford, weren’t you?”“Yes,” he replied in a soft English accent that had a slight European twang, “before the war I studied linguistics and literature.”“Oh,” she put her hand to her throat, “so you speak and read English?”“Perfectly,” he smiled through perfect teeth. Dorothy’s heart skipped a beat. The Germans tended to be. She did it in like 15 minutes.Georgina: Really?Me: Yes! She’s a genius!Georgina: Wow! You’re smarter than I am.Amy: It was nothing.Georgina: How did you know about this technique?Amy: I’m kind of a computer nerd.Me: She loves computers too.Georgina: I do! I guess we will be getting along very well.Georgina left after appreciating Amy.Me: Thanks for helping me out with the report honey. I owe you big time! I couldn’t have done it in time without you.Amy: Thanks, dad.Me: All right. I think I can. Damn, she was the best. After coming she turned on her side, put her arms around me and said, "I love you, Jim. There will never be anyone else unless you push me away." Then with her arms around me, she fell asleep.I laid there a few minutes and realized what she had said. "Unless you push me away." I was afraid that's what I was doing - pushing her away. In one sense I loved her for exactly who she was. But in another I wanted her to change so I would feel more secure. God, what was the.