Tempe studied my actions for a moment, and when I sat down beside her she asked, “Do we need to postpone our first run?”“No, but I will need a f...w minutes to talk with Sammy, if you don’t mind.”“Take as long as you need, Mike,” Tempe replied with a semi-concerned look on her face.“This isn’t a major issue, Tempe. All will be good once I talk with Sammy about something Desi just shared with me,” I softly replied.Tempe’s smile and gentle touch along my arm let me know she was good with the amount. As always before doing a job, he would swing by the nursing home to see his mom, and it just so happened that tonight he would have to pass by it anyway because the job was just a couple of blocks past it. He always went to the nursing home to see his mother, just in case something bad did happen. Nothing ever did, so far anyway, but if it did then, at least, he had seen her one last time. As he was approaching the nursing home, he looked around for a set of bushes to stash Battle Dog, and a. “Hey Brian I’m sorry if I caught you in the middle of something. I can come back some other time. I was just on my way home and thought I’d stop in and see if I could get you to switch your business to us.” He stammered for a second and then said, “No, it’s OK. Everyone is gone for the day…just me here. Come on back to my office and show me what you have.”We went back to his office and Brian offered me a chair in front of his desk, while he sat on the other side. He had a laptop in between the. It's just that you really surprised me. I thought youwere somebody else. I mean you really look great. No, damn you likeabsolutely beautiful. If I didn't know it I would swear you were anactual girl."I told him how much I appreciated the complement and how glad I was thathe was here. I suggested that we take our beer into the family room andget comfortable. We set on the big overstuffed love seat and sipped onour beer. I asked him what had made him approach me at the store since Ihad noticed he.