I finished the laundry and then prepared dinner. I went to Grace'scloset and picked out a pretty dress to wear, and then waited for her toarrive home...from work. I was waiting for her at the door with a Cosmo,and greeted her with a sexy kiss, and told her to go shower and changefor dinner. She permitted me this little bit of control, smiling at myforcefulness.When she joined me, she had changed into an equally pretty dress. Weclinked glasses and then sat down to dinner. Grace complimented. Tatyana walked in quickly.“Mark, we decided on one of those weird coop zombie fighting games. Matti and Erica want to join,” she said as she looked at me.“On my way,” I said.“Is that Tanya?” Cunnie asked.“Tatyana,” the Ukrainian beauty said. “Tatya is what I prefer if you shorten it.”“Sorry,” Cunnie said. “I need to get to know everyone. I just wanted to thank you for welcoming me and being patient. I can’t promise to always be nice, but I’ll try.”Tatyana looked over at me. “Earlier she was. A little before 3 p.m., Jackie's cell phone squawked to life. A glance told her it was from Meredith."Hey, love," she answered. But what her daughter had to say generated no response. She listened silently for over a minute. "Got it. That's perfect."Jackie popped out of her office to find Scottie proofreading a letter while frigging herself."Come with me," Jackie said. Scottie rose from her seat, smoothing her dress back into place. Without a further word between them, she followed Jackie. Sherri was also thinking how best to suggest they get together again, without being too forward. She was glad Randy spoke first. Randy: Well, since it seems we both had a good time and would like to see each other again. How about we see about getting together some evening for some dinner and private time? Randy very slowly reached to press the enter key. He knew that he was taking a chance. If Sherri took this wrong, or he had read her wrong, this could be very short conversation. Randy.