You two look like a set or something. What are you doing here, besides getting lighter?’ Kate shrugged with a smile and a look over to Jürgen, ‘I...finished the interviews and, … well, Jürgen gets the job.’ Corinne nodded, and now wondered why she’d had such trouble remembering his name, ‘Well I don’t know about the specifics, but I’m very glad to hear it. Congratulations, Jürgen.’ ‘Thank you, Corinne,’ he smiled and she laughed again. ‘This is even worse for me. I’ve always had trouble over your. ”“Frankly, I was hurt ... a bit. I’m over it now, Eva. I’ve forgiven you.”“That’s not it,” Eva replied. “The gentle way you reproached me ... the patience you’ve shown me. I really feel how much you love me. That’s why I think I’m the lucky one.”“Relationships require effort,” Janet remarked. “Sometimes we need to suppress our egos for the benefit of our relationship. I don’t think it matters what the genders are. Two people sharing a life together are going to have moments of friction.”“How we. .. he was always omnipresent. She liked that.The property backed up against a nature preserve that was beside the lake delineating the edge of the city. Of course, the choicest parts, you guessed it, were where "Knob Hill" was located.Locals often called it "Snob Hill," for obvious reasons. It was needless to say it was a snipe at the wealthy and well placed.So Mandy and Bob settled just at the edge. From the second floor of their house they could see over the low growth woodlands and wet lands. They only worked in his house, normally in the back libraries. Steffi warned me if I even wanted to be considered, I needed to be prepared for that. She had done it herself, advised by a former assistant of his as well. I nodded to him and stood up. I could feel myself shaking. I had come prepared to do this so I might as well get it done with. I reached down and undid the buttons of my coat, and slowly, hesitantly opened it. Following Steffis advice, and tweaking it to my own, I wore no.