" "Uhhhhh Hump" "I'm sorry, I still have some problems with acting like a lady. Give me a little time and I will get it right. You have no idea h...w awkward I feel right now." The manager smiled. "I can't possibly imagine how you feel. Good luck." "I think I am going to need it." With that, Fran went to get used to the new office and get acquainted with her secretary and job. Alice Harvey was a secretary in the pool working at 3M. She had been there for several years. She had no. "It was pretty good," Sam replied. "Bike shorts?" he said curious to know why this handsome stranger had chosen to refer to him that way."Yeah, well I don't know your name but I've seen you around here before. Always in those tight little shorts," the man said. His tone had no hint of mockery and Sam even thought he heard a bit of flirtatiousness."They're perfect for riding. Plus... I can't lie, they show off my best assets," Sam said, confident in the fact that he had a great ass. Sam wasn't. Yet - standing there inprofile, awaiting his turn to file a flight plan - I saw somecritical feature, or set of them, that made me certain. The manin front of me was the boy who had walked me home from school -the whole half-block trip - almost every day of second grade,even though he lived in the exact opposite direction.For a moment, my mind was flooded with memories of him -galloping around the play yard, hands slapping on his thighs in ahorse's hoofbeat; snorting and whinnying with the. "Because you look like someone has just asked you to run for President or something," Des partly teased me, but she was in earnest."Tammy explained a few things to me," I started to say, at which point Desiree then beamed and kissed me ardently on the mouth."Good, then no more secrets. Here it is. We're a family now. All of us. However, the family needs a head. That head is you. Plain and simple, always had to be you. The Godfather, if you will pardon my Mafia jokes this once. I'm Italian, so I.