The truth, unfortunately, is that Bill was not that upset about being unemployed. It afforded him the opportunity to sit around in his underwear and r...ad online message boards. Jerk off a little, catch up on some things around the house (like napping) and think about some projects like cleaning out the gutters or expanding the garage that he liked to say he was going to do (but never did).When he first met Wendy back in middle school she was all knees and elbows. In High school she was that. 'The shift that night hadn't been anything new. One new patient, but the rest were the same. Working a nursing home could be hectic or monotonous. There was no real in between. You were either running your legs off or kidding around with your patients to make their life more enjoyable. This evening had been one of the more enjoyable ones.As I returned home I noticed the lights on in Kim's apartment. More than likely she had left them on after the tour. A woman like that surely went to bed early. “Yes, I guess it is the best we can do in the short run,” she said.“Okay then, it’s a go. Candace is downtown at the office. I’ll give her a call. Kevin can cover for her; it’s been slow,” he said, and he sighed.“This is one meeting that might take a while, a long while,” she said.“Hopefully not,” he said. “Hopefully not.”“Well, you can hope. I can hope. Everybody can hope. But in the end, what we have to do is be really convincing; and I am not at all that certain that we can be. Still, I. The gustatory business out of the way the two began the age-old would-be intimates conversational "dance".Throughout the meal Dolly and Vince talked about their past and some enlightening experiences, about their past husbands and wives, and about their shared likes and dislikes. Occasionally when their eyes met it was like magic passed between them... their eyes seemed to lock for seconds that ran into hours. In the silent message was the promise of what was to come.The wonderful meal was.