"She put a hand on his arm. "I think I'm okay, now." She took a stepthen another and felt neither weak nor dizzy. "You can finish gettingready for wor...." Okay." He picked out a tie and put it around his neck under his shirtcollar. "You want me to fix you any breakfast?"Patty walked back into the bedroom. "Thanks, but I'll make somethingafter you leave. Right now I just want to get back to bed for a bit,okay." She walked back over and climbed into bed.Stu came over and kissed her on the. ’I wanted to turn around to look at her but her hand pressed down harderon my shoulder and I stayed as I was. Something from a long ago biblestudy class flashed into my mind.‘Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love oneanother.’ That's what the Bible says. You could not be in my debt as Ilove you.’ I silently gave thanks for a Catholic education.She was silent for a moment and her hand rubbed my shoulder more gently,‘And what do you want out of this?’ she asked.I put. "They're cute aren't they?" They're darling," Claire agreed. "Who comes up with this level of imagination?" I think those are from a young girl in Arizona. The older children in a small home for orphaned children make most of them. Things like that used to be made from china and didn't last long if they were treated as toys."Claire looked at Timothy in surprise, "You know a lot about things like this, don't you?"Timothy nodded, "My mother had a store similar to this. Mark and I helped after. You taught me what I needed to know and I took your opportunity away from you."She nodded again, still looking down."Can we be friends still? We will be working together."Finally, she looked up at me and said, "Yes. Not like we were but we can be friends." Okay. I feel badly that it turned out this way ... but ... well, good luck with the new job. It wouldn't surprise me to find you in front of a camera in the future. I'm sure you can do just as good or better a job than I can." Thanks, Hal. I.