‘Whatcha doing up?’ ‘I was waiting for you,’ he leaned down to kiss her and she offered her cheek. ‘I’m glad you’re up, I need to talk t... you about something.’ Nic sat down on the edge of the couch next to her. ‘My agent was at the show tonight, and he booked us go out and tour with Bon Jovi, to be their opening act.’ Allie was stunned, she was pregnant, and here he was going to leave her. Instantaneously her wall went up. ‘Bon Jovi, wow, that’s great, a national tour’ she said. Smart enough to guard the coast, anyway. I showed him where to check “Signalman,” though nobody ever reads the form.He’d stop by almost every day to check for his orders, and with pleasure I gave him his ticket to New Jersey. I even saw him off at the bus station, me and half the town. He’d do the Coast Guard proud.Was I surprised a couple of months later when who walked into my office but William, himself.“Guess what? They posted me right back here! I’m a mess-man. Cook on the cutter when we. ” At family parties like this, it was my job to do the grilling because I didn’t have a date or spouse to entertain or kids to run after, and quite frankly, I was pretty damn good at it. Andrea jumped into the kitchen with the other women and seemed to make friends fast. It was a side of her I had never seen, being with other woman, and she seemed at ease and fit right in with the other women who tended to be a bit on the catty side, especially when it came to a new woman in the mix. Or maybe. Does it feel good to show mehow you do yourself? I think maybe he is enjoying the sight of medancing about in all these lovely petticoats too, isn't he? Isn't he?She demanded." Remember, you must be honest with me or our adventurewill be a disappointment for both of us." I nodded in agreement. Shesaid, "I can't hear you." I realized that my response had to be anhonest one. I softly said "yes." "Yes what," was her retort. Sheseemed to be a little bit angry at my reluctance. "Yes, I am.