It’d only be a few weeks. But still, it’d be a cinch, with you staying so close. And this house isn’t exactly high maintenance. You’d have ple...ty of time, and you’d be making a little extra cash.’ ‘I’d be an idiot to say no to that. What would you need? An interview? My CV?’ ‘Well, why don’t I come by tomorrow? I’ll take you back to my home office, and we can talk it over.’ * And that’s how it had happened. Within half an hour of meeting Maggie, he had done whatever he could to ensnare her,. His hair was combed straight back and partly curling, especially at the ends, and his sideburns were long and streaked with a little grey. As always, he wore glasses, and his bright blue eyes glared intensely behind these, lit with the fire of fine life and happiness. I felt embarrassed to meet with him after so long, a little resentful too, but once I saw him, I couldn’t stay mad at him. He looked incredible, better than he did those seven years ago; fresh faced and young. He was a man now,. As the afternoon went on I'd started feeling a little of it, enough that several times I'd stopped for breaks. There weren't many people on the trail during a workday, and none of those I met gave me more than a glance. I exchanged casual greetings with a few but nothing to draw attention to myself, and I took my breaks only when nobody was in sight.I finally found an isolated little patch of woods where I thought it would be safe to spend the night, and that's when the legs really started. When we met at the presentation of the scholarship, we started talking. The idea for Makes Well came together.”“My father is always talking about how Makes Well changed the home improvement business. Was it your idea that people could select a home fixture on the computer and have it created on demand?”“As I said, the idea came out of a discussion we had. He was kind of enough to include me as a part-owner in the business.”“That isn’t exactly the kind of idea that just comes from nowhere. How.