" OK, Ellen, we're Peg and Jim." Whenever you'd like to arrange this, just let me know." Actually," smiled Peg, "I think we could do it now. Are you f...ee for a few?" Yes, I am. My other two kids are with their father. But what about Warren and Sophie?" I've got a plan for them. HEY, WARREN!"Warren and Sophia came around the back of the house. "You bellowed?" Warren said amusedly."Yes, I did. I need more Coke. You and Sophia mind taking a little walk?"Warren looked at Sophia, who smiled and. "Thanks again" she reached for her purse... "I have to pay for the beer," she says."Forget it" I reply "You can bring the beer next time," I say back to her as I pass her."Deal!" she shouts down the hall.~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The next few weeks go by without incident. I don't see any of them in the hall. She must have gotten the job, and he said his work is mostly from home. The weekend was approaching which mean the start of the regular season. I had loaded the fridge. So I just turned and headed out the door. The cold winter's evening bit into me as I crossed the yard coatless. In moments I was at her front door reassured by the light coming from the windows in the front of the little house. I knocked and waited, heart thumping. I told myself this whole situation was ridiculous. Here I was a grown man with adult daughters, a successful attorney, a not so successful husband, and I was standing coatless on the front porch of a woman I had known for only a. Kevin couldfeel his temper flaring but he bit his tongue.Kevin went through his presentation to his client, Shirley Leslie withhis usual gusto. No one knew if Kevin really cared that much aboutmanufacturing and logistics processes but in the middle of a presentationwith him it seemed like the most important thing in the world. WhenShirley told Kevin he'd won her over he didn't get emotional he quicklyshook her hand and told her she'd have the contract on her desk byMonday."You know, I had.