Christmas morning the family gathered again. Denise had all the kids sit near the tree and Megan was thrilled for the children just watching their wid...-eyed excited faces.The two grandkids were almost unable to control themselves as the gifts were handed out to everyone and they were allowed to open theirs. Lastly, the adults were able to open theirs too. Megan, without saying a word to Andrew, had brought parcels from England that she self consciously handed to each family member, shyly saying. Prentiss.” A waiter and the bouncer helped the lawyer stagger to his feet and force-walked him towards the exit. He man continued to hold his right forearm in a tender manner. Dave thought he’d need a splint of some kind before the night was over. He’d drunk so much he probably wasn’t feeling all of the pain that he should.Dave was surprised that the maître d’ knew his name. Several people around them commiserated with them about what had happened and then things seemed to return to normal. The. I don’t know that I felt the same for his Hilda or Ingrid or whatever the fuck her name was. Whatever the case, he knew what we needed at the time and he was right. We both probably would have cheated on each other even though we never would have done that if we were together. Does that make sense, Margo?’ She looked at me and just smiled. ‘Fuck, yes, it makes sense but you know not many people could have done that and still had a marriage!’ ‘Oh I know that but Bob and I were special. I’ll. When the tango ended, Eric and I got a big round ofapplause from the rest of the people there. I blushed and Eric bowed tothem as I curtseyed, taking the rose from between my teeth! It wasWONDERFUL. I felt more alive than I had in a LONG time! I was literallybubbling over with enthusiasm as Eric led me back to the table for abit of a rest and a drink."ERIC!" I enthused. "I've never had this much fun dancing! It seemslike I know exactly what to do and when to do it, and you make it soeasy to.