I brought up the subject with Naomi, and she hit the fan. “Doug, how dare you even suggest that you would leave me for a few days. Don’t you know ...ow that would make me feel? NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT! If you go anywhere, I am going with you. Jim is perfectly capable of supervising the training while we are gone. Just tell him that you and I will be gone for a few days. I insist on going with you!”Now, how in the hell was I going to counter that except by making it a firm order that she stay away from. "Still I can remember those years of seeing Mary andher girls and the bond they had. Yes jealous might be the right word butI was always happy for her. Now that I am getting on in age I guess I ama bit nostalgic about things." You are not that old Mom," I said seeing the tear in her eye."Yes I am Elizabeth, I am 71, almost 72 now," she came back. "Yes Mary isa few years older than me and her health is not the best but that couldbe me tomorrow. I know when Nancy asked her to move in it was one. She turned to the clerk before Bryant could answer. "Cancel his room and change mine to a room with two beds."The clerk glanced to Bryant for confirmation."Yeah, fine," he said. He reached into his wallet and extracted four $20s for his half of the room. Allyson waved it away."You get dinner," she said. "I saw an advertisement for a martini bar. Come on; relax a little. You've worked your tail off to get that guy behind bars and now he's there. He's never getting out, Bryant. You've won." We. I’m not moving again. Dante thought, the constant flame of anger in his heart beginning to roar again. Sid’s face dropped at Dante’s liquid dodge. He smiled. If Sid could have got any angrier at that point, he would have exploded. He tried, and failed miserably to swallow the rage inside him. He shoved the desk fully at Dante, who to his surprise leaped up onto the desk like a cat, hampering his movement. His jaw dropped with shock and Dante took the chance to kick him in the mouth. Hard. Blood.