The biggest issue they had was JJ's name. She was no longer Jane Janus, so the nick-name JJ that she had used for the last 19 years didn't fit. She ce...tainly didn't want to be called 'JC' as befitted her new name of Jane Connor. She felt like being called JC was sacrilegious in some way. JJ also worried that she might not respond to people when they called her anything but JJ. By mutual family agreement, her nick-name remained JJ.The year since the wedding had flown past. They had planned their. But the Final Four! I remembered how we'd felt when Lamar and Lionel were in the Final Four of Hoosier Hysteria. Man! So long ago.Dawn set things up so that there was a timer in the room and each girl could have one hour of my undivided attention. Or if they wanted it divided, they could have two hours. Seven girls. Seven hours. I wasn't sure I would survive. But the girls all surprised me. They drew names for the order they would have and Addison managed to draw first."We were kind of crazy. “Shit, lunchtime already? Where had the day gone? I had gotten nothing done and had to be on a call in 25 minutes. I opened up my laptop for the first time all day and fired off an email canceling the call and checked other things that needed to be followed up on, but I was virtually zoned out. Mallory returned with lunch. She walks in and closes the door, which is weird she never does that. She gets me all setup and just stands there. “There something else I can do for you, Mallory?” I. Right?After taking one last drag from my cigarette, I used my thumb and forefinger to flip the butt away from me. Like a spent tracer round, the red streak sailed off into blackness before bursting into a shower of sparks as it bounced off the low ceiling of the cavern. Nice, a mini-fireworks display.=^.^="Dennis, I can't believe you're so careless! How could you forget to turn off your light?" Alice stuffed her shirt into the waistband of her pants and glowered in my direction."I'm sorry. It's.