"I looked at Dad and he was smiling that smile he has when mother was stating the obvious."I'm glad you feel that way," I told them. "It's a big load ...ff my mind. I wasn't sure how you'd feel about it." I might have been a little more concerned about her family wealth if I hadn't met her parents," Dad said. "They are very down-to-earth people and instantly likable. Of course, they have a very high opinion of you, John." None of this was planned, you know. It just happened. She saw something in. I sat down at the table and ate some cereal while waiting for Andy to come out, which didn’t take long. He came out of his room, sat at the table with me, just looking at me without saying anything for a minute.“I guess you didn’t like my text,” he said finally.“Why do you want to suddenly date me?” I asked, wondering why he didn’t ask me sooner.“I don’t know,” he said. “We’ve been friends for a long time, and course, you used to be a guy, so I never thought we’d date. But, after what I said. I suggested that she do some sight-seeing or go shopping, but she said she would just watch some television.I mentioned the argument I had with Valerie to the president of our company, and I guess he took pity on us. He rescheduled my speech, making it much earlier, then excused me from the rest of the evening's activities. I finished speaking at eight-thirty and hurried to our room.Valerie wasn't there. I figured she might have gone to the hotel bar, so I went to find her.The bar was very. Tony then ran a brush through his long straight hair before he turnedaway from the mirror and brushed away the loose hairs that had fallenfrom his head off his shoulders. Tony smiled at how high everythingstill looked in the apartment as he walked out of the bathroom.Tony strolled towards the front door and took hold of his pocketbookand headed out of the apartment building for his day as Veronica. Tonyambled down the street and away from his apartment building towards thecommercial center of.