He had beenin a vanilla marriage for years that just didn't ever seem fulfilling. Finally,he realized that life was not getting any shorter and decide... to end themarriage. By then they were just going through the motions so it was a relieffor both parties. He tried unsuccessfully to meet women for months but justcouldn't seem to find them. Mostly it was because he didn't meet that manypeople outside of work. You know how it is, you work all day and when youfinallyget home, you are stressed out. ’ They sat there chit chatting for what seemed like a long time, they each learned that the other came from relatively small towns and preferred that lifestyle. They both went to state colleges, earned bachelor degrees in business and in advertising. Paul had 4 brothers and she had 4 sisters. Both their fathers had died of heart attacks. So they both felt like they had a lot in common. As they were talking Paul noticed that they had slowed down to a crawl, and spoke with Benson on the phone. He. .." Black Widow." Carrie laughed. "I feel like a dork knowing that." Oh, the real reason I came up here. Minerva's flight was delayed outof Denver, so she isn't landing until 8 now." Thanks Dearie, I'll text Edgar and let him know, he can probably headback here, doubt he wants to spend three hours or so staring at hisdashboard." Carrie grabbed her phone off the bedside table.Annie and Barb chatted briefly when Carrie cursed, "My phone suddenlyhas no signal, can I use yours love?"Annie. Mandy had joined them, in a pair of lose jeans, and objected to the statement. "We don't have a wireless internet connection." Well, I do at my place," Bill asserted."Fine, but that's not here," Mandy retorted.Bill looked at Susan and smiled. "I see what you mean about challenging," he said.It earned him a genuine smile back and Susan gave one of those 'I told you so' shrugs.Mandy looked between the two suspiciously.Bill strung Mandy along a little longer before finally admitting that he lived.