" Would that be as Sarah or Simon?" Richard had the knack of stunning you with important questions when you weren't expecting it."I don't know," Sarah...replied, "I haven't really thought about it." It wasn't a painful subject since things couldn't be better for her, but that was the problem in some ways. She was happy ticking along and leaving things as they stood."Well, it seems to me that you are OK as you are but it doesn't look to be going anywhere at the moment. I must say I haven't seen. As I briefly, gaze into her innocent yet devilish eyes and watching the soft, gentle curves of her warm inviting smile, my knees feel like they were about to give out and my tongue temporarily goes numb. After quickly regaining my composure, we enter the restaurant and wait for a table. I gaze around in awe at the beautiful Polynesian décor of the restaurant, and the beautiful costumes that the servers were wearing as the host seats us at our table. We partake in flirtatious and meaningful. She cursed again over whatshe had done. She also squinted against the throbbing pain stillstabbing at her behind her eyes. If she didn't get that taken care ofshe was going to pass out.Josh meekly allowed himself to be led praying no one saw him, believingeveryone did.The trio felt it...A FAMILY AFFAIRHazel's push, as slight and as isolated as it was, had been executedwith deadly force. It wasn't deadly but it had been intended to be.That was what still moved a great number of atomic. "What? I'm hard up. I admit it. But I'm not THAT hard up!"Dave grinned. "I don't know," he said. "That's the best offer you've had in ... oh ... at least the last month or two." That's the ONLY offer I've had in the last month or two," laughed Dick. "Tell you what. You're my best friend. I'll back off and let you have her. That's how much our friendship means to me."It went on like that, as two friends, who often joked this way while they played golf, or fished together, or engaged in.