We talked about my trip to Cleveland. I could see she was happy being with me and that I was not going to move away. She told me that she was not inte...rested in teaching math in Florida, and was thinking about working part time either for a real estate company or with amateur theater productions.After we returned to our room, in front of the closet-door-mirrors, she was adjusting the black see-through baby doll outfit she had put on when I hugged her from behind. She cooed, "I want to see you. Everybody stared, and I called the brain trust into the office. “What’s with the beard and mustache? You look like you’re going back in the army!” commented Jake Junior.“That’s why I called you all in here. Have a seat.” We all sat down around the coffee table. “Okay, I have something to tell you all. John already knows this, but now you have to hear about it.”“You’re not sick, are you?” asked Missy, a concerned look on her face.John snorted out a laugh at that and I gave him a dirty look.. “Yes, he did.” She paused for a second to think. “God, it’s been four months already. Anyways, the wedding was right here. We flew them all down. The whole thing was so beautiful. His new bride is intelligent AND so gorgeous. They really do make the perfect couple.”Jan replied, “I’m sure they do. He is a lucky boy, or I guess man. Hard to believe he is twenty-four now.”“Yea. And they plan on making me a grandmother soon. Won’t that be a trip. Grandma Lisa. Can’t wait.”Lisa leaned back on her. ”My sister. She’d rather tslk to Lena, most days. It’s that ‘old, experienced mommy to new mommy-to-be’ thing, so I don’t mind. So, “What’d y’all talk about?”“They’re gonna come up next Friday evening, leave Saturday evening.”“Okay. Or they could leave Sunday morning...”“Maybe. Not written in stone. But we’re keeping the kids for the week. Cathy and Sam’re running off to Vegas for a second honeymoon.”“Oh, okay...” Not a particularly unpleasant thought, all in all. They’re bright, relatively.
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