"We'll clean this up in the morning."We did not clean up in the morning, but spent the next hour and a half picking up the mess, working both individu...ally and together. We spoke very little, but with the passing minutes my mood lightened so that finally, when we turned off the downstairs lights and I accompanied him upstairs, I had my arm around his waist."Thanks, Mom," he whispered outside his door.I didn't want to awaken either Melvin or Joan, so I eased Paul into his bedroom and closed the. I got a few carefully-worded `warnings’ and I still didn’t back off. You remember what happened next, right? One of the warnings got a little out of hand and I got the snot kicked out of me. I’d never seen you angry before, you helped bandage me up and we went after them with a vengeance. The DA said the work we did put at least 7 guys in jail, but it wasn’t the work I did — it was the research you did. I’m just the guy who strung the words together. All those AA meetings and I don’t think I. "A few, a few," I couldn't help but echo.She looked helpless."I really thought it would not mean a thing to our marriage. It didn't for me. I loved you just as much. Did I ever give you the feeling you came in second?" she asked."Ever?" I said. "That sounds like a lot longer than a few times or a few weeks, honey." Oh, no, no...", she hurried to answer, but her eyes were all over the place.I grabbed her hand, squeezing it to get her attention."I know, Elaine. Don't worry about the delicacy of. I was managing all operation works. After completed six months, my seniors actually managers of various locations planned a party after office. They booked a hotel suite and invited others to join them. I hesitated to join late night party coz my PG was locked after 12 in night. So I decided to just fulfill the formalities and backed to PG. The party started around 6pm with drinks and most of office workers left it around 8pm. When I entered the room, only 6 managers left there. They drank too.