“Soon I will have more time for you. I’m sorry I’ve been busy, but I’ve had a lot on my mind.” She whines a little more, but the man just ru...s the top of her head and then steps around her. “I’ll be home soon, girl,” he says as he slips through the door.The drive seems to go agonizingly slow for Alan. The traffic is the same and there are no delays. The problem is he just cannot wait to get to the office and have everything he has been working hard toward finally come to fruition. When he pulls. When the meal was finished a few couples began to dance, but we first adjourned to the lounge for an after dinner drink. We took a semi-circular booth. At the moment I saw no other branch people in the lounge. Bob and Jan were clearly holding hands under the table cloth and briefly Jan hugged her cheek against Bob’s shoulder. Dorothy had put her hand on my leg and was softly stroking. I put my hand on her thigh – her legs were crossed. The silk of her dress was marvelously soft and her thigh,. I hold Sam as she cries it may not have been something that Sam got to do before. She’s never finished grieving for her parents. I think of my father and cry too. Maybe no one finishes grieving totally.That night I bring Sam to bed with us, I know she needs to feel secure right now. Kathryn understands as we lay down with Sam on my chest she places her arm over and kisses her good night. Sam asks, “Mommy is it okay if I miss my Angel Mommy.” Sam refers to her birth mother as Angel Mommy.Kathryn. My college life was really a mess. I fell in love with this girl, Janet, that I met in my freshmen English class, but she was dating the star receiver on the football team. When my mother sensed my mixed emotions when I went back home on one of those holiday weekends, she told me there was nothing to be worried about.When I got back to my dorm room, I found Janet was waiting for me. It turned out the football player she was dating was found to have a night job in one of the strip clubs a few.