Richie, Beccah began. May I ask what you want from this? How do you see your father after the hospital? What the hell do you think? I want him to pla... with our kids. I want him to read stories and play catch. I want him to tell our kids what it was like when we were young. Jesus Beccah, are you stupid? Oh yeah, thats right, you have no idea what real love is, Richie said sharply. Thats enough, Richie, Drew exploded. The following silence in the room was broken by Dr. Costanza. I need you to. On Thursday, after school, we rehearsed the combined orchestra starting the fine-tuning necessary for the Williams concert and on Friday, it was a stumble through of Act Two of LES MISÉRABLES.I had been looking forward to Saturday. I didn’t tell Miss Stapleton we were coming. I wanted to surprise her.Brian showed up, and we all dressed casually as we took the hour drive south, turned west on Lincoln Avenue, and there it was. With Jennifer on my arm and our moms behind us, we entered to hear. Although I never thought I would be doing it, I constantly checked the vacancies list for positions with the company based in Atlanta. When I got back to Atlanta for my week in the office before my 8 day hiatus I was able to swap off a road week with another rep who needed to be in Florida for a family wedding. It gave me over three weeks to be with, sleep with, and wake with the woman who had stolen my heart.With all of the goals she set as a high school honor student now finally in place. ‘I want to wake him so we can play.’‘The first thing you must promise is not to tell anyone you have a magic pet.’‘Oh, that’s not a problem.’‘Good girl. Now, stroke him and if you’re his princess, he’ll wake up.’Suzy lifted her hand and placed a finger on the rounded end. She inspected it and saw his tiny mouth. ‘He’s so cute, ‘ she whispered, then smiled when the pet stirred.‘Is he awake, Grandad? He moved a little. Did you see?’‘Yes, baby, but he’s very sleepy. You’ll need to stroke him again.