You made me wait, so now you need to wait.’ I placed my arm over my eyes to cry out in frustration. I needed to come really bad and couldn’t think... beyond that need. ‘Please Max. I’ll do anything you ask. Please, please let me come.’ He appeared to consider my offer. ‘I’m begging you, please let me come. I’ll do whatever you say, please let me come now.’ ‘Whatever I say?’ ‘Absolutely, yes, whatever you say, whatever you want, yes.’ I would’ve promised the devil my soul in that moment. I knew I. ’ Lori nodded. I glanced at the clock and it was close to five. We probably didn’t have a lot of time. ‘Lori, we need to go. Mom, Dad, thanks.’ Lori rushed over and hugged Mom and kissed her cheek. A quick hug with Dad and we were gone. Lori was almost giddy with the response from my parents. She was sure that Mom was way wrong. Her parents were there when we pulled up. Lori’s Mom, Karen, was just hanging up the phone as we walked in. Sam was out at the barn putting away the luggage. Lori. “The tables are filling up.”Roxie shook herself out of her daydream and realized that Millie was right. It would only take her a minute or two to get everything caught up. She couldn’t quite keep her mind off of what was going on at Cal’s booth, but she knew she had to shape up. There was plenty of tip money to be made on a Sunday morning. She would daydream when her shift was over.She put in an order for the kitchen. Millie was standing nearby refilling her coffee pot.“Remind me to say. You have me every night and this evening will be no different. Marnie smiled back at me. "But you have to eat to keep your strength up for later; after all I'll be missing you and my little friend all day." Hey, not so much of the little! You can do a guy's ego a lot of damage talking like that, you know." I replied, with a playful hurt expression on my face."Oh go on with you, you know he's plenty big enough for me." She said grinning, and gave me a gentle kiss on the end of my nose. "Now get.