”“Thanks,” replied Ed as he hung up the phone. The woman sat at her desk looking at him with a puzzled expression unable to believe that he woul... be that rude to someone on the phone. Turning to the woman, he said, “Can you ask the owner if he’ll accept eight hundred thousand for the property?”She considered the consequences of such an offer and realized that her commission would be close to twenty four thousand dollars. The owner was a miserly individual and she suspected that he would balk at. She helped me through it. But she was pretty wrapped up in a guy right then so it was more like sister-brother than anything else. And of course, before long I found a rebound girlfriend, right about the time Sandy broke up again. That didn’t last too long for me, it was just something to get my mind straight again and get a little nooky at the same time, but it was long enough that Sandy had been through two other dudes. Funny thing about her. I know it sounds like she just sleeps around all. " That hurts. Ginger is my daughter and I totally ignored her. I didn't even want her at my last wedding. I'm so ashamed." Don't think that way, please. She was hurt, yes, but she is over it and it is behind her. Ginger has matured greatly this last year. She isn't the only one in our family who has."Robin spoke, "Mrs. Adams, Pete is speaking from experience. Harriet and Roberta both had a long way to go to gain maturity. Pete seems to be the only person who was born mature." From what I know. "Hello, Bill, it's nice to see you again. Welcome back to TGI," she merrily exclaimed from behind her oak desk. She arose, walked over to me, took my hands in hers, and affectionately kissed my cheek, as if we had been friends for years. 'Man, I could really go for this chick,' I thought, and then remembered that this "chick" used to be a man like myself, although you would never believe that by looking at her now. Even her voice sounded totally feminine. 'How in the world had they achieved.