I packed a bag, and headed over to Jackie's to get ready. As I said before, we were all sleeping over at her house afterwards.Amy was already there wh...en I got there, and they were drinking Diet Cokes and watching television in her room.Her maid greeted me at the door, and gestured up the stairs. I all ready knew where to go. We had all been friends since forever, and I had been to all of their houses too many times to count."Hey," they said, looking up when I came in."Hey guys, what's up?" Not. Talk to him, he might need the company.” My dad said as he left. “Hey Ralph babe, can you hear me?” said Louise with a hint of concern but also hope, as if part of her knew I could. “You. “True,” Peter said with a grin. It was the biggest in the area and that was the problem. It had gotten too big for him to manage alone. Now that James knew he was involved there wasn’t much chance of keeping a low profile. He asked, “Who is installing the kitchen equipment?”“The Singer Brothers,” James answered. They were the best in the area for restaurant installations. More important for this particular job, they were also a Master Chef authorized installer.“They do good work. I would have. It's unlikely we'll get chosen for the entertainment." But what if we are? What do we need to bring? A board game or DVD or something?"Mindy leaned up on her tiptoes to reach her much taller husband's cheek, planting a quick kiss there before saying, "Don't worry about it."An hour later, the couple entered Jay's apartment. Jay, a friend of Mindy's from their college days who Paul had only met on a couple of occasions, was busy mingling with the crowd, dropping drinks off with a pair of girls.