‘I know, Michael, I’m going to quit for the New Year,’ she replied. ‘Oh Margie, you’ve been promising that for the last four years, and you ...nly make it until the middle of January,’ Dianne sighed. We high tailed it out of town and headed for a mall that was a bit out of the way because as my luck would have it, Marlene would be shopping at one of the local malls and see us there. Besides, the girls said that they had another store in mind where I could find a gift or two. We had a great time. " You called me just to pull something like that? You are kidding, right?" No answer. "Rod? Jesus, you're serious?! What the hell do they want me for?" They didn't say; just to get you on a plane yesterday." Shit! Rod, I have to make this meeting. I'm dead serious when I say a life depends on it. It can't wait until I get back. Can you buy me some time? Have Eleanor book me something out of Ontario, it'll save me driving back into LA." Hampton, did you hear me. This is Washington, they're not. Not both at once, mind you, but individually and polyandrously. That is, if you will both have me.” She stopped and stood silently, looking from one to another of them. George was the first to answer. “Well,” he said. And then, “Well,” again. “I was mentally prepared to have you dump me for Terry, and I was prepared for you to carry on an affair that I would pretend I didn’t know about, so maybe what you are suggesting isn’t so very far out of line. Of course, we won’t be able to live together.. Individual. I nodded to him, up and down, and smiled when I did to give him the best idea I could that I understood, and I made a big point out of speaking into my hand when I asked Carlos to have Janet come out."There were several nods."It got a little confusing for a moment when Janet and the other native showed up. I went through the hand-touching and bowing and 'we come in peace' with the new native, and pointed to myself and said my name and pointed to Janet and said hers and then pointed.