I knew how proud of me he'd be!John and I had a wonderful meal, but with a bit too much wine. He was glowing in his praise for the job I'd done, almos... convincing me it had been all my effort. He told me I'd be a cinch to get a partnership out of this.I knew better, "Come on John, we both know that without your help, your pushing and prodding, things never would've come together. I might get the partnership, and you know how much that means to me. But there is no way I would've been able to do. She mouthed a silent 'I love you, ' blew me a kiss and pointed toward the door as she headed for the hallway. I knew where she was going and just nodded slightly.One of the nurses began checking all of the various wires and tubes plugged into me while the other picked up the phone and dialed a quick series of numbers. She said something but the other nurse began talking so I didn't hear what it was."How are you feeling?" I rolled my eyes and she said, "Okay, dumb question. Are you having any. ” “Bloodbath Jennings. How did it go?” Keeping her voice low, she laughed before speaking. “It’s a wonder they survived you. Are you almost ready?” In the background she could hear a bunch of lockers slamming shut and guys shouting back and forth to each other. “Yeah, you can start walking down to the private lots. My parents have the passes to get in, but call me if you have any trouble.” “Yes, sir. We’ll see you in a few minutes.” ** Marcus stood by a cement pillar with his arms crossed. Of course this didn't please my husband, normally a grump in the morning anyway he became even worse when he found out what the time really was. Unfortunately this wasn't until after he had rushed around to get ready to go off to work.What was even stranger was that our eighteen year old son, normally impossible to get out of bed, was woken by the alarm as well so by half five we were all sitting in the kitchen with Graham, my husband, grumbling under his breath and Sean, my son, yawning every.