I was engaged with a challenge game of Mahjong on my laptop. You get three challenge games per day and if you beat them all for the whole month you ge... a digital medal. The medals are, of course, worthless, but I’m addicted to the stupid thing.“Where’s Riley?” she asked.“She went to her room a while back,” I said. “We talked.”“And?”“I think you read more into it than is there,” I said.“Tell me more.” She sat down beside me.So I did. I told her everything that Riley had said and tried to. Finally the evening's ordeal was over. Jerry was told he could pick up the accident report in four days at the main police station. Angela and her deceased Deacons were taken to the hospital for official pronouncement of death. Jerry went home alone.Almost immediately the phone calls and visits from church members began. Strangely, about two hours after he got home the calls and visits almost stopped completely. The next week was a blur as Jerry made funeral arrangements and said good bye to. They also grasped why Haley hung on Dan's every word. It was about more than her being his secretary. He didn't so much own her as possess her with an almost demonic force. Vicki was clearly under the same spell and they each found themselves yielding to its power without even token resistance."Okay, now I've not actually eaten my lunch, and neither has Haley. Haley, darling, I think that it's time to grab some food. I trust that you ladies don't mind waiting for me to get some food in my. “We had dinner at Hannah’s house last weekend.”“And how did that go?”“Very well. She liked him. She told me it’s okay to marry him,” Ella laughed.“How did that make you feel?”“Good. But I was pretty sure she’d like him. He’s the real deal.”“And Max liked Hannah too, I take it.”“He did,” Ella said, sipping from a bottle of water. “We kissed.”“You kissed? Who…”“Me and Hannah. We kissed, and it wasn’t a peck, either. It was hot, I’m telling you, just like the old days. It just happened out of.