Another part of her, however, said, “You don’t want to leave yet and you know that.” The first part of her warned, “If you stay, things will c...ange even more!” and the other side argued, “Exactly! Don’t you want to find out what that’s like?”She’d been having those thoughts long enough for the water in the tub to cool when she snorted and said, out loud to no one, “This is exactly what you told him you were tired of doing!” She got out, dried her hair, and now she was trying to figure out what. I unadventurously favored rye and rum. There was an adventure to be had in any of the 15 unfamiliar bottles.“‘Almost’, the operative word,” I agreed. “What should we open?”Hank, Doug, and I clinked our glasses. Do you shoot akvavit? I guess so. I liked it. Smooth. I had the feeling the quality was wasted on Doug and me. Hank really appreciated it.“C’mon, no one wants to see a bunch of unpacked boxes,” I gestured.“Doug!” Max wasn’t in the basement; she was in the kitchen. I was looping the. Maybe tonight. Driving from New Mexico. Had a summer internship at the Santa Fe Institute. Her folks live here and she stays with them during the school year.’ ‘You said it was complicated. Why?’ ‘We had a big fight in the spring and broke up. She sent me an email last week asking if we could talk when she got back to town.’ ‘But you could be in a whole new relationship by now. You’re big and sexy. Girls must hit on you all the time.’ My hands had fallen to her hips. She put them back and said,. They met in the middle and after a few licks with their impossibly long tongues they wandered off together to say hello to the other owners and dogs. There were only half the owners and dogs as there had been the previous Friday so it was a calmer scene. Harriet had a similar motley colored long haired coat as Sally did. My son had told me it was a different breed from regular bassets and were smaller and quieter. The quieter part was what led us to the breeder. I again walked to the far.