Disappointment showed briefly on his face when I told him Noelle and Sid would be joining us, but he put a smile on and shook hands as I introduced th...m. There was a definite spark of interest in Caleb's eyes when I introduced Noelle. But he took one look at Sid's glare and it was gone. Evan hadn't left for dinner with his grandfather yet, so I introduced him too.As they shook hands, Caleb spoke, "I'm sorry about this morning. Tackling you wasn't cool. I just heard her name and I was on the. I turned on some gentle music. ‘Love is all you need,’ the singer crooned. ‘Love is all you need . . .’ ‘Do you want something to drink?’ I asked Barry. ‘I just want to drink you in, my love,’ he smiled. ‘You know I’ve loved you since the day I met you,’ I declared. ‘And I you,’ he returned. We kissed again, and hugged, coming back time and again to gaze into each other’s eyes. His eyes were two oceans of love, washing over me with wave after wave of tenderness. Love had never been so sweet.. Only hunger drove me to the kitchen. Mother wasn't around. I saw Rodney hacking out the weeds in our back yard. It looked like he wasn't being too picky about what was a weed and what wasn't.I poured myself a glass of milk and grabbed a cold tub of leftover okra. I didn't care what I ate. I quickly exited to the living room. I thought I might watch some television, but instead I slunk into the couch when I heard the back door open. Rodney found me as quickly as if he had me on radar."Julius,. " What could I say, this was typical CeeCee. "Oh look, there must be a fire. Can we go and watch it?" No, not tonight." I don't think CeeCee was aware at all of why we were even here. Thank God for that.Two weeks later I came home and she said, "You know, I think that judge got the message that I wouldn't work for him. He hasn't tried to contact me lately. Before this it was about every two or three days he'd call." Didn't she know? The subject never came up again.I never made a move on CeeCee..