Andrea looked at her daughter, her happy visage, her wonderful blissful innocent smile, to think the boy putting the color in her daughter’s cheeks ...onight was that self same boy who’d done the very same thing two decades before. Andrea looked at Maureen and smiled, ‘Shall we go in?’ Maureen smiled back at her mom, ‘OK.’ As they crossed the threshold into the kitchen Maureen thought of her mother. She loved her mother, she’d do anything for her, but she hoped tonight they could skip the mother. I wasn't sure but I think Brenda had moved closer to the man. I noted with surprise that she touched the man's hand twice while making some kind of a point. This wasn't like my wife. She was not a touchy type of person. I figured it was time to make my presence known when the man put his arm around my wife's shoulders. I got up and as I walked over to where they were sitting at the bar I noticed that Brenda's hand was resting on the man's thigh. This was getting strange.I angled around behind. "He put his arms around me and hugged me. I laid my head on his chest andhe stroked my back. I looked up at him, and without thinking about it,kissed him on the lips and said, "Shane, you're wonderful, do you knowthat?"Before he could say anything, a doctor pushed through the doors intoreception and walked across to us. I felt everyone tense themselves, andNin reached out for my hand as Shane held the other. Areeya put her armaround Alex as the doctor approached us.He was wearing blood soaked. I think Jack is like our station manager, looking for a younger demographic. He has this incredibly beautiful young assistant that seems to travel with him a whole lot. Johnny, I just don't know what I am going to do if I'm washed up at forty."She started crying then so I pulled her toward me. She resisted a little but finally slid into my lap and cried on my shoulder. I held her and let her get it all out. Finally she sniffled and sat up."Look at me, crying like a baby. That's not my style at.