I stood to meet Him, unsure what to do—dowe shake hands? Hug? Rather, He said, "Hello Emma," and walked past me to openthe door into the store, wher...e I followed Him, somewhat taken aback, to thecoffee counter. He proceeded to order lattes, decaf for me, and then led meback outside to a table. I sat hesitantly across from Him, looking into my coffee. "Was the ride up ok?" He asked. "Yes, it was fine. I actually didn't get lost," I replied, smiling at Him. He looked at me pointedly and. Thinking about it for a moment, Ahhhh, that's it. I walked over to stand between Ling and Ding and slowly knelt down between them. I took one of each of their hands in mine and gently kissed them both at the same time. Then I held each face in my hands and as I kissed each I told her, "Thank you. Thank you very much."Each blushed a bit before telling me, "You're welcome and thank you for being the man you are."There seemed to be a quiet sigh, then everyone resumed their previous conversations. I pulled up my Action Item file and started reviewing and updating the status of the things I had been working on. I was able to close two of the Action Items. Ten minutes later, the door opened and Sergeant Previn entered.“Afternoon, Geraldine. Ready to start the meeting?”“Hi, Jon. Yes, I’m almost ready. All I need to do is turn everything on, connect my laptop, and bring up the schedule.” A few moments later, Geraldine was done and sat down at the table with me. Over the past months, we had. "I hope nothing's come up, I told Marcus you'd be there tomorrow." That's still on, Eleanor, but I find I'm in need of your services."There was a perceptible pause on the other end of the line. "Pardon?" she asked, confused."I'm supposed to go see the principal at eleven this morning. My Home Room teacher suggested I have my parents come along, that I was in major trouble. Eleanor, I don't know what your schedule is today, but I could sure use a helping hand." And your parents?" Have missed a.